Just 30,000 plug-in Prius hybrids per year
Better put your order in now?According to unconfirmed reports, Toyota is planning to produce 30,000 plug-in Prius hybrids per year beginning in 2012. These hybrids will achieve an electric range of 15 miles and offer up to 100 mpg.
Regardless of the veracity of these reports, Toyota is set to begin leasing a small amount of plug-in Prius hybrids later this year.
Labels: plug-in hybrid vehicles, toyota prius
posted by Dahcredyns at
11:10 AM
6 Comments:
I would love to have a hybrid car...I just don't want another car payment.
Toyotas expected price point of $4ok+ is frankly a joke for the average consumer. Even at 4.oo a gallon it would take me 12 FULL YEARS to offset the purchase of a fully loaded Corolla!
I understand that prices will come down by 2012 because of new technologies and fierce competition between at least 3(remaining?) world players...so thats good news.
No matter what happens Chrystal, the BEST super deals on hybrids will be in the slightly USED market - get any one of them a year old one owner low miles with records.....viola, you just saved
$4-$6K at least for FREE :0 and warranty is still ongoing!
How cool is that ? hehe
Toyota has officially said nothing about the price of the plug-in Prius, but it has to be cheaper than the Volt, whether via funny accounting or in the real world. The Prius battery pack is much smaller than the Volts.
If the base Volt is $40, the base Prius has to be less than $35 in order to be price competitive, including the federal tax credit.
Most expected the Prius III to cost much more, but Toyota realized it would give up market share if the Prius wasn't price competitive to the Insight.
Thus, I think speculating on the price of the plug-in is premature.
I agree with Dach. Besides, I don't think that the phev prius would come anywhere near 40k, even fully loaded. Toyota adjusted the 3rd generation prius's price for the insight, and one can assume that they will do the same against the volt. I also think that the volt will be a lot more expensive then all of you think on this blog. I don't expect the volt to be offered for less then 40k, and that's why GM will fail again against Toyota. Any thoughts?
I second that. Toyota will have to make the PHEV Prius price competitive or risk following in Honda's footsteps with the Insight II. As for pinning the failure of GM on the Volt, I think it's a bit of a stretch. There are sooo many reasons for GM to fail a second time, how can you pick just one?
well that was fail against toyota in the comment above you.
also, i don't think the Volt will be priced less than $40,000, but you also have to include the price of the tax credit.
and while there might be "soo many reasons" for GM to fail, i agree that the volt is a big one. for the next several years, the volt is really about marketing and perception. today, the perception of gm isn't very good, and a major volt failure would send the message that gm simply cannot compete in the future.
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