125 mpg? Idaho National Laboratory tests plug-in hybrid cars

November 7, 2007

Seattle-area governments will be guinea pigs for 13 Priuses retrofitted with batteries that can be recharged at a household outlet.

Fill it up, plug it in, then drive. And drive. And drive.

That's the dream, anyway, of an Idaho National Laboratory http://www.inl.gov program testing 13 Toyota Prius hybrid cars retrofitted with mileage-boosting batteries that can be plugged into a regular household electrical outlet when they're not in use to give them more oomph on the roads.

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