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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

When will plug-in cars pay off?

When will plug-in cars pay off?: "

A special electric plug is used to recharge Toyota's Prius plug-in hybrid in a Tokyo showroom. Toyota says it will market an "affordable" plug-in car in 2011, upping the ante on General Motors and Nissan.Automakers are promising that affordable plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will be available in the next couple of years, but a new report contends that it will be decades before the fuel savings and lower emissions make up for the high cost of batteries.




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