The Frankfurt Motor Show will host the new Toyota Prius hybrid
Chișinău/ Moldova.ORG/ -- The Toyota Prius hybrid family was replenished once again: the manufacturer intends to demonstrate at Frankfurt the ready-to-production modification, which can be recharged from an ordinary electrical outlet.
The Toyota Prius new modification was intricately called - Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Its main difference from the progenitor of the family is the new battery.
The lithium-ion (instead of nickel-metal hydride) batteries kit is not only more compact, but provides the new product greater margin on a single charge.
In addition, Toyota's claiming that thanks to the new batteries they had almost reduced emissions to half.
Except this, there were no changes made in the power plant: the 98-horsepower gasoline engine is combined with an 80-horsepower electric motor.
The new Prius modification consumes just 2.2 liters per 100 kilometers, and can travel about 20 km on a single charge, that is a kind of record for this hybrid family.
It should be mentioned that according to the manufacturer, recovering the batteries charge from 220-volt electricity takes about 90 minutes.
The novelty will be available for sale in Europe since the spring of 2012, with simultaneous appearance in selected U.S. showrooms.
The large-scale sales of Toyota Prius PHEV on the North American market will start in 2013.
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