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Toyota Explores Plug-in Prius
Toyota Explores Plug-in Prius

Toyota Explores Plug-in Prius

All-electric version of hot-selling car could be only a few years away

(Newser) - Toyota is launching a three-year study of US consumer demand for a new version of the popular Prius that could run exclusively on electric power and be recharged in a standard electric socket. Toyota may yet beat rival General Motors to market—GM has set a 2010 target date for...

Electric Car Nails 0 to 60 in 0:04
Electric Car Nails 0 to 60 in 0:04

Electric Car Nails 0 to 60 in 0:04

Britain's Lightning GTS rips up the road with no gas pains

(Newser) - The Lightning GTS—a new all-electric sports car—will go from 0 to 60 in four seconds, the car's British manufacturer claims. Part of a coming boom in electric cars (in Europe anyway), the GTS will travel 250 miles on a 10-minute charge and max out at 130 mph. But...

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