The “ideal combination of an electric vehicle (EV) and a hybrid vehicle (HV)” is how Toyota Motor Corporation describes the Prius plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV). Toyota is positioning this PHV as the ultimate vehicle that’s environmentally friendly and has many uses due to its capability to utilize a diverse range of energy sources.
Toyota said that this Prius plug-in hybrid concept is its first brand to use a lithium-ion battery as the drive battery. It is a PHV concept model that can be charged from an external power source such as household electricity. Because it has a lithium-ion drive battery rather than a nickel-metal hydride battery, the car can be charged many times higher. In other words, the cruising range in electric vehicle mode is longer than that of a Prius with a nickel-metal hydride battery.
Source:4wheelsnews.com2009 tokyo motor show
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