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Originally Posted by kaisen
The plug-in Prius has a 12.5 mile range without ICE, not 40.
The Leaf, however, is up to 100 miles. The difference, of course, is once you deplete the battery, that's it. After the 40 miles in the Volt (or 12.5 miles in the plug-in Prius) you can still drive around using gasoline.
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Is that 12.5 miles pretty definite about the eventual production plug-in Prius, or is that for the development versions that are running around?
If the production plug-in Prius only has 12.5 miles EV range, that will be disappointing. It implies the battery is relatively small, smaller than the plug-in conversions are using. So maybe the car will be more affordable, but won't do EV for all of anyone's daily drive (almost anyone). The Volt will be even more unique.