But Limited Numbers at FirstToyota has announced today that they will be selling a plug-in version of the 3rd generation Prius around 2011. Sadly, the biggest auto maker in the world by volume will only be dipping its toe with "only several tens of thousands of cars a year," at least at first. Hopefully if all goes well, production will be ramped up rapidly to meet demand, otherwise Toyota risks falling behind competitors with more aggressive EV and PHEV goals, but more importantly, a lack of supply could slow down the growth of the electrification of transportation, leaving us dependent on polluting fossil fuels longer. There's also talk of a full EV for 2012.
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