A lot of knowledgeable people predict that we will see Plugin-Hybrid Vehicles take a large part of the market quickly, much more than pure electric vehicles. They combine the best of two worlds until battery technology gets to the next level, are reliable, production can be scaled up quickly. The reduction of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions can be quite large, as recent results show.
Cleantechnica reports about real life use of a couple of Priuses that have been converted to PHEV’s.
More than 40 km to the liter if you add a couple of cents of electricity, not bad.
