Toyota, Japan has contributed its might to the world with the launch of its hybrid version Prius. The car is introduced to the markets of Japan, the US and the Europe and will be ready for commercial sale in 2011. The car, first of its kind from Toyota, will be fit with a powerful battery lithium-ion. This battery is somewhat different from the conventional ones used in the existing model of Prius. The new plug-in Prius is much more than the current one in that customers can feel the eco-friendly approach and more mileage from the battery. The average run distance is 23.4 km per charge equaling 135 miles a gallon.
However, there is no provision of miles-per-gallon figure in the US road conditions. The vehicle will run even if the power goes off with the plug-in starting itself to be a regular hybrid. In Japan, Toyota’s Prius has secured a huge volume of sale on the mark of high incentives from the government. The split up introduction of this hybrid Prius will be – 230 for Japan, 150 for the US and 200 for Europe- during the Q2 of 2010. In addition, 100 units are earmarked for Strasbourg, France.