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CarSpace Alternate RouteTurn off the nav system, crumple up that MapQuest printout, and let's find out where the next random turn may take us! Jul 6, 2009 - 2012: The Year We Make Contact?
Toyota plans to build 20,000-30,000 plug-in Priuses a year and intends to price them at about $48,000 - twice the price of a conventional Prius hybrid and about $8,000 more than the Chevrolet Volt, which will hit the market at the tail end of 2010. Just like the Volt, I don't think a $48K vehicle is likely to be a widespread commercial success. And I still am asking the question that nobody seems to want to answer. Where is all the extra capacity to charge up these vehicles going to come from? Energy is not free, although some EV proponents seem to act as if all we need to do is make electric cars and plug them in and all will be right with the world. Read the entire story at Green Car Advisor.
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