Plug-In Hybrids

RobertG · 07-21-2007, 11:48 AM

PLUG-IN HYBRIDS</span>
Making green cars greener costs a bundle
With $24,000 add-on, plug-in Toyota Prius is mostly for rich

Michael Taylor, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, July 21, 2007

<span style="font-family:Georgia">Want to be the first on your block with a $50,000 Toyota Prius?

Head to Hybrids Plus in Boulder, Colo., and leave your Prius with their technicians. Go skiing or something, come back in three or four days with a check for $24,000 and you will have one of the nation's very few plug-in hybrids that should easily get 100 miles per gallon.

A plug-in is an ordinary hybrid with an electric motor and gasoline engine that has been modified -- usually by upgrading its battery pack or adding more batteries -- so it can go a lot farther on electric power than it normally does. On Thursday, a study funded by the Natural Resources Defense Council and a power-industry group lined up behind advocates in dubbing plug-ins the car of the future, albeit the distant future.

Tech_Guy · 07-21-2007, 04:20 PM

Wow! such a deal.
At $ 24,000 they must have a very short waiting line....

Keith

ceric · 07-21-2007, 05:25 PM

Those are toys for the rich for now...

No thanks for now.
When any major automaker say it is ready and protect their products with 10 yr warranty, I will buy one.

Cheap! · 07-22-2007, 09:39 PM

WOW, My plug in only cost about $4,000. $20,000 profit? I guess I should charge more.

07-21-2007, 11:48 AM	#1
RobertG Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 167 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	PLUG-IN HYBRIDS</span> Making green cars greener costs a bundle With $24,000 add-on, plug-in Toyota Prius is mostly for rich Michael Taylor, Chronicle Staff Writer Saturday, July 21, 2007 <span style="font-family:Georgia">Want to be the first on your block with a $50,000 Toyota Prius? Head to Hybrids Plus in Boulder, Colo., and leave your Prius with their technicians. Go skiing or something, come back in three or four days with a check for $24,000 and you will have one of the nation's very few plug-in hybrids that should easily get 100 miles per gallon. A plug-in is an ordinary hybrid with an electric motor and gasoline engine that has been modified -- usually by upgrading its battery pack or adding more batteries -- so it can go a lot farther on electric power than it normally does. On Thursday, a study funded by the Natural Resources Defense Council and a power-industry group lined up behind advocates in dubbing plug-ins the car of the future, albeit the distant future. __________________ Robert who wonders why Prius is flagged as a misspelled word for postings here . . .

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07-21-2007, 04:20 PM	#2
Tech_Guy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Silicon Valley, Ca. Posts: 226 My Car: Other Non-Hybrid Package: N/A Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Wow! such a deal. At $ 24,000 they must have a very short waiting line.... Keith

07-21-2007, 05:25 PM	#3
ceric Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 811 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Those are toys for the rich for now... No thanks for now. When any major automaker say it is ready and protect their products with 10 yr warranty, I will buy one.

07-22-2007, 09:39 PM	#4
Cheap! Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,157 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 4	WOW, My plug in only cost about $4,000. $20,000 profit? I guess I should charge more.