In message <4c65943e$0$22150$ snipped-for-privacy@news.sonic.net>, SMS snipped-for-privacy@geemail.com writes
If Toyota would do a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius with a battery
>range of even 20 miles (enough for most around town driving) without
>increasing the price of the vehicle, and gasoline went way up in price,
>then you might see some economic benefit. The bigger benefit would be a
>societal benefit of importing less oil, though not if the electricity
>was generated with oil. A nation of plug-in hybrids that are charged by
>nuclear and hydro-electric power is what's needed.
The Toyota Prius Plug-in, can do 12.5 miles at 62 mph on battery power. (What Car September 2010)