Synovate gave consumers Cs for knowledge about battery cars and hybrids, and a D on plug-in hybrids.
Ever since, carmakers have been placing their low-emission bets more on plug-in hybrids, clean diesels or pure electric vehicles.
The corporate folks at Toyota don't have any official position on plug-in conversions.
The category is heating up, though, thanks to the entry of VIA Motors, which is focusing on plug-in hybrid conversions of large GM vans, trucks and SUVs.
Hartline said the Prius was not designed with any conversion possibilities in mind, but she said the company welcomes any technology that pushes the envelope on plug-in batteries.
Our most recent report on plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has the market for battery electric vehicles growing at a very rapid pace (32% compound annual growth rate between this year and 2020).
The competition is thickening on the plug-in front, with vehicles from Honda Fit EV, Nissan Leaf, CODA Sedan, Toyota RAV4 EV and Prius Plug-In making their appearance on showroom floors.
Pricing on the plug-in Fusion Energi, which Ford says will be the most efficient mid-sized car on the market at 100 mpg equivalent, will be announced closer to its launch date early next year.
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Your choice of a sequencer may very well depend on the plug-ins you want to use.
You can even log on, plug in your zip code, and compare prices for different insurance -- private insurance plans.
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Some sites use it to add extras to their webpages that can be used via a browser add-on or plug-in.
Darren Williams came on to plug the gap, but Butler still had to stop another Juninho run as half time beckoned.
We can imagine the day when you'll be able to charge the battery on your plug-in hybrid car at night, because your smart meter reminded you that nighttime electricity is cheapest.
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His statement provoked an outcry on Capitol Hill, with ranking Senate members threatening to pull the plug on Afghanistan.
Yet not everyone is bullish on hybrid and electric cars, with Toyota, for example, pulling the plug on its iQ electric model late last year.
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Now, though, with the new programs that are popping up, you can decide whether to focus on higher margin products, rework the campaign to reduce click-through costs, pull the plug on the effort, or pursue a different strategy.
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The first is that Cisco is pulling the plug on the Flip video camera.
The British government pulled the plug on its budget-bending carbon capture and storage facility.
Why else would immigration restrictionists be trying to pull the plug on commentaries like this one?
Some threw rocks at the screen and group members, who pulled the plug on the video.
The only cure for the IMF's ills is to pull the plug on that international bureaucracy.
Now they're pulling the plug on anything that doesn't look like a sure success.
Like someone said earlier, you really pulled the plug on this thing 5 mts after launch.
The government pulled the plug on Metrolink's third phase of development in July, blaming escalating costs.
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But once Nike pulled the plug on their affiliation was over, the endorsement game was over forever.
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Even now, a decade into Japan's downturn, banks are reluctant to pull the plug on such borrowers.
He's energized, something he says he wasn't necessarily feeling when he pulled the plug on the catwalk.
Then he pulled the plug on an emerging retail electricity market by imposing a four-year price freeze.
Last year it abruptly pulled the plug on Russia, only months after opening its first store there.
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But from there it went downhill, Pakistan playing as if someone had pulled the plug on their innings.
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