Zipcar Announces Program with Toyota Prius plug-in hybrids

Toyota has Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) into the Zipcar network, in an effort to further test and evaluate plug-in hybrid technology and gain increased intelligence. PHVs Toyota Prius, which will be commercially available in 2012, eight out of about 160 nationally distributed by Toyota.

The network connects the world’s largest vehicle, Zipcar is committed to take a prudent approach and planned for EVs. Given Toyota’s long standing commitment to hybrid and plug-in vehicle technology, which may take up to three hours to charge the battery, can travel electric-only power at speeds up to 62 mph for approximately 13 kilometers, after which it shifted to operate as a conventional Prius hybrid , The average estimated at 50 miles per gallon vehicles in urban areas and college campuses throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Zipcar is the world’s leading car-sharing service with MS markets products and services through a network of nearly 1,500 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers who sell more than 1.77 million vehicles in 2009. Toyota directly employs nearly 30,000 people in the U.S. and the investment here is currently valued at more than $ 18 billion.

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