Why Next Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Is So Important: CA Laws - Green Car Reports
The 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid has the lowest electric range of any plug-in vehicle sold in the United States: just 11 miles. It's also among the top-selling cars that plug in, with more than 40,500 delivered since it went on sale in February 2012. Now out of production, the plug-in Prius will be replaced by a new model that will go on sale sometime after the... But the new-generation Prius Plug-In (which might conceivably be called Prius Prime ) will be even more important than its predecessor, which lagged the 2010 model it was based on by two years. Developed in parallel with the new 2016 Prius hybrid, the new plug-in will likely have a longer electric range. In August 2013, Satoshi Ogiso, Toyota's chief engineer and the man in charge of developing the next Prius range, acknowledged that Prius Plug-In drivers wanted greater electric range. That number may have to rise to meet stricter zero-emission vehicle sales requirements in California and a dozen other states, starting in 2018. While the math is complex, Toyota must sell not only fully zero-emission vehicles but also partially... Source: www.greencarreports.com
