Nelson Ireson December 8, 2008 Comment Now! With figures that equal the proposed Chevrolet Volt without the wait and with the familiarity of the highly successful Toyota Prius platform, California ...

One concern for the conversion kits is their reliability and whether they would void a vehicle’s original factory warranty. In this regard, plug-in hybrids built by automakers are a safer bet than ...

Toronto-based Hymotion has unveiled unique plug-in kits for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape Hybrid that it will initially be selling only to fleet customers. The plug-in kits add a supplementary pack ...

What’s going on in the background isn’t exactly the same, though. The L5 battery can only be charged by plugging the car into 110-volt household power using a connector in the rear bumper. It doesn’t ...

Chris Cox of Derry, N.H., got tired of waiting for the electric car of the future. In August, he took matters into his own hands and had his 2008 Toyota Prius converted into a plug-in hybrid, which ...

A company in San Juan Capistrano is out to prove that electric cars are a green idea – not just in the ecological sense but in the business sense as well. Plug In Solutions is a group of about 10 ...