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Old 06-12-2008, 12:45 PM   #1
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Default Saw my first Prius PHEV "in the wild" yesterday!

Driving the 405 northbound in the Long Beach/South Bay area, a SDGE (San Diego Gas & Electric) Prius PHEV. This is the first one I have seen outside a controlled environment like a renewable energy or future transportation conference.

I must say, it gave me a bit of a thrill!
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Old 06-12-2008, 12:53 PM   #2
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Default Re: Saw my first Prius PHEV "in the wild" yesterday!

Did you wave at them, or did they wave at you?
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Old 06-12-2008, 01:28 PM   #3
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I don't actually have a Prius, so no waving at all. I may well have had an envious look on my face, but that would have been about it.
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Very cool!

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google has 2 of them, so I see them every so often.
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Ok, being new to this I have to ask a stupid question.... how do you know it's a PHEV? Please don't laugh....
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Ok, being new to this I have to ask a stupid question.... how do you know it's a PHEV? Please don't laugh....
Probably the 2 mile orange power cord they are dragging behind them.
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Ok, being new to this I have to ask a stupid question.... how do you know it's a PHEV? Please don't laugh....
Well this particular one was wrapped in graphics proclaiming it to all the world. But it did have the tell-tale rubber grommet covering a plug socket in the back bumper.
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