
Photo via Carblog When Consumer Reports put their Prius Touring through an expensive modification in order to convert it into a plug-in electric car, the results were pretty astonishing: the converted plug-in Prius picked up an extra 25 miles per gallon, landing the already efficient car at a whopping 67 mpg. And that’s just the around town mileage. …
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- Quick Spin: 2010 Plug-in Prius prototype is just like your mother’s Prius, but better
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily
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- Plug-In Prius Getting 65 MPG
Toyota has been out testing it's new plug-in version of the 2010 Prius. The new car has a larger battery pack and the ability to charge ...
- Toyota and EDF Testing Plug-in Prius in UK
Plug-in Hybrid Trial
Toyota and EDF (Électricité de France) has had a partnership to test plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) for over a ye...
- Green at WIRED NextFest: Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
Unfortunately, no big revelations about the next-generation Toyota Prius at NextFest. We did learn that Toy...
- Toyota corrects Prius mpg rating to 51 city/48 highway/50 combined
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Image via flickr Ah, the Super Bowl. One of the great American celebrations of sport, music, and creative consumerism. It’s all but a national holiday, and every year, half the country tunes in to catch the most expensive advertising in the world, the uber-elaborate half time show, and to occasionally check the score of some sort of athletic competition. And tomorrow, TreeHugger will be presenting full, non-stop coverage of everything that’s green (and probably more often, everything that isn’t) about

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Super Bowl Sunday may be the biggest event tomorrow but if you’re not into football and would rather pick up some office supplies Staples would be a good choice. Starting tomorrow Staples will begin an ink and toner cartridge exchange program — finally! They will accept any brand and for your recycling donation you will receive $3 of Staples Rewards which you can accrue quarterly to receive 10% off of purchases. You are allotted ten cartridges per month — if you’re going through more ink than that you may want to review your printing/copying usage.
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Image via Monterey Bay Shores The “greenest ecoresort in the world” is set to be built in Monterey, California this February. The resort, called Monterey Bay Shores, will be built on 29 acres of a sand dune that was previously destroyed by 60 years of mining. It will actively provide habitats for endangered species, boast 5 acres of living roofs, and get 30 % of its power from onsite solar and wind systems. The developers claim that “every single detail of Monterey Bay Shores Ecoresort encompasses principles of sustainability and conserv…
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