[PAR35]

he converted his city car, a Toyota Prius, to plug-in electric hybrid technology.

If it's plug in only, I don't think it's a hybrid. But I wouldn't expect a liberal reporter to know the difference.

[basil]

I wonder who paid for the conversion.

[rocksblues]

Obviously this Mayor needs a 40 gallon generator in his trunk!

[thackney]

he converted his city car, a Toyota Prius, to plug-in electric hybrid technology.
If it's plug in only, I don't think it's a hybrid. But I wouldn't expect a liberal reporter to know the difference.

It is not plug-in only, it is a plug-in hybrid. But he occasionally needs to put gasoline in the fuel tank once in a while.

As long as he stayed with very short trips, he could get by on battery only from the plug-in conversion. But as a hybrid, not an all electric vehicle, it has a smaller battery.