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120 mpg Prius Prime !

Prius Prime has been unveiled today. It can go 22 miles on a full charge before switching over to a gasoline engine and can drive at speeds up to 84 miles per hour without leaving EV mode. Ave 120mpg. Wow.

2017-Toyota-Prius-Prime-side-front-view-on-show-floor by Mark A. Cooper posted Mar 23, 2016 at 2:36 PM

Prius by Mark A. Cooper posted Mar 23, 2016 at 2:36 PM

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Live Video 2017 Prius Plug-in Walkthrough - Periscope

Just like in Vegas for the 2016 Prius reveal, PriusChat has a team on the ground in New York City for tomorrow's Plug-in reveal. I, unfortunately, will be commanding things from PriusChat HQ as my wife and I await the arrival of our 3rd child, but @TonyPSchaefer, @Tideland Prius, @HTMLSpinnr, @Paradox, @HAWAIIANBUILT, and others will be providing on-site reporting.

One thing we're going to do is a Periscope live video walkthrough of the new Plug-in shortly after the reveal. The reveal ends at 9:30am EDT, so I'm thinking 9:45am or so depending on the media scrum. You won't want to miss the initial impressions from some long-time Prius owners, especially if Toyota has a "reveal" like they did in Vegas (which didn't really reveal anything).

For those not familiar with Periscope, it's an app powered by Twitter. You follow PriusChat on Twitter and have...

Danny Mar 22, 2016 Read More Replies: 61

Volkswagen XL3

Source: Volkswagen XL3: new hybrid and electric car to target Prius | Auto Express

Speaking exclusively to Auto Express, VW’s new brand boss Dr Herbert Diess admitted that while the company remains committed to electric cars and hybrids built on its regular MQB chassis – the same underpinnings as the conventional Golf and Passat – he can already see the benefit of switching to a platform designed specifically for electrification.

“If you look further, then it’s probably worthwhile thinking of an entirely new architecture because then you can let go of the technical components you put in the car because of the combustion engine,” said Diess. “You gain a lot of space in the interior, for instance.

“For a full EV, you get one size bigger...

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