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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

Green Car Congress

With seating for five, the 2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid is expected to achieve a manufacturer-estimated 87 mpge (miles per gallon equivalent) in combined driving and 49 mpg in hybrid mode, or 2.7 The engine also uses an electrically driven air conditioning compressor and water pump to reduce mechanical losses. L/100km equivalent and 4.8

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

My Honda Civic averages 34+ MPG over a year period. at tripenyinc (Manchester, New Hampshire) Product Manager at Synacor (Buffalo, New York) all jobs | post a job | jobs feed Subscribe to Earth2Tech © 2009 The GigaOM Network. That’s 7 cents worth of electricity per mile driven. a gallon , that’s 5.7