Just today, Toyota officially announced it's Plug-In Prius plan.
600 Plug-Ins Prius (or PIPs, as I like to call them...)
will be split between Japan, Europe, and the United States on leases to government agencies and businesses.
The car will have a 5.2KWh LITHIUM PACK (the first model to come with Lithium batteries!) and a 14 mile EV range.
The plan is to have them available by retail by the end of 2011.
It looks like governmental pressure, competition, and other factors are finally getting the manufacturers going on the EV band-wagon!
Here's a
link to AutoBlog Green's take on it.