This will make a lot of hybrid enthusiasts very happy.
Toyota Plans U.S. Retail Sales of Plug-In Prius Hybrid by 2012(Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., the world's biggest seller of hybrid autos, said it intends to begin offering plug-in versions of the Prius hatchback to U.S. consumers within three years.
"The target is 2012 to be coming to market with them," Irv Miller, a group vice president for Toyota's U.S. sales unit, said Friday at a conference in Los Angeles. Before that, "we're going to study the challenges of consumer demand," he said.
Toyota already plans to begin U.S. tests late this year on 150 Priuses with lithium-ion battery packs that can be recharged at electric outlets. The Toyota City, Japan-based automaker hadn't previously provided a tentative date for consumer sales.
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