Hybrids sell, but lack battery technology upgrade - Boston Globe- About: Gas Mileage

An all-new third generation of the Toyota Prius gas-electric hybrid car, first introduced seven years ago and redesigned last in 2004, has been eagerly anticipated. The delay is apparently to give Toyota engineers time to retrofit the new Prius design with the old-style nickel metal hydride batteries they had hoped to be rid of. Its new Volt electric car, shown at the Detroit auto show this year, is still waiting for someone - anyone - to invent batteries to run it. Meanwhile, Honda, which next to Toyota sells the most hybrid cars, has killed both the Accord Hybrid and Insight in less than a year. read more

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