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hahahaha
you are not serious, are you.
Impossible, but I am sure that someone would like to take your money.
Well, with some simple maintenance (proper oil fill levels and inflated tires), removal of extra weight from the car (don’t carry stuff you don’t need), and some precise driving you can get 100mpg on an unmodified Prius.
If you are asking about a PHEV modification, which could get you in the 100mpg range…
There are no commercially-available plug-in hybrids on the market so far. (So you cannot plug them in, other than the same gas station pump that most other regular cars use.) Some hobbiests and aftermarket companies have been altering a few hybrids (Prius, Ford Escape Hybrid/Mercury Mariner Hybrid) to make them plug-in capable. Typically this requires adding additional hybrid batteries, besides the ability to charge off the mains.
For more information, as well as companies that’ll do the work, check out
There’s also this recent article:
For cost reasons, unless you are a fleet owner or other high-mileage driver it probably will not be worth the cost of the PHEV conversion for you. (Conversion pricing is high due to startup costs and low volumes, besides the pricing of the needed additional battery packs.) Emission benefits, if any, depends on the source of electricity in your region.
To note, converting to a PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) does not reduce the vehicle’s range. It gives the owner the option to recharge the (newly added larger) hybrid battery pack at night (cheap electricity and off-peak electric load which would otherwise be lost). The vehicle would run for a certain distance (longer than stock) on the stored electric power alone, and when the battery pack is depleted to a certain point the vehicle reverts back to its original hybrid self and runs on a combination of the gasoline engine (which will also recharge the battery) and the electric motor. A PHEV would add a greater all-electric range to the existing hybrid, besides the ability (but not the requirement!) to plug it into an electric source.
Toyota is working on creating a PHEV Prius, and has some test vehicles on the road. Supposedly for the 2010 US model year, and only for fleet customers at first (so not general retail).
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