Re: Has Toyota announced a Plug-In Hybrid Prius?

On Sep 30, 6:42 am, Jeff <jeff....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sep 30, 7:04 am, "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolfer...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:





Jeff wrote:
On Sep 29, 9:05 pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I saw a Toyota magazine ad, and in the bottom left corner they had
a  picture of a Prius, and it was titled "Plug-In Prius." Has Toyota
announce this yet? I know you can get after-market kits, but I
hadn't  heard about Toyota officially announcing this.

Old news: <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/business/14plug.html>

From the article:
"Plug-in hybrids differ from the current hybrid vehicles in that they
can be recharged externally, from an ordinary power outlet. In a
conventional hybrid the battery is recharged from power generated by
its wheels. "
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Why is recharging from an external source better than recharging from
the movement of the car?  It seems to me more overall energy is needed
for a plug-in vehicle.

Where in the quote does it say that in a plug-in hybrid the battery is
not recharged by its wheels?

The article said the plug-in hybrid and regular hybrid differ in 4
ways. None of those ways are that the batteries are not charged by the
wheel motion.

Jeff



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It would be charged by wheel regeneration and the motor at a
discharged battery level
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