None of that explains away the fact that posters here discussing myth #1 as if it were fact rather than myth. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to find out for yourself that the Prius and the Escape don't have to be plugged into your house to charge overnight. So perhaps I should amend my original statement a bit...
The willful ignorance on this thread is astounding.
Better?
Several people were wishing they could plug it in, thinking they'd save more money- what's wrong with that?
Prius and Escape don't offer even the optiont to charge the batteries with house current, and they wanted to.
I don't see that as ignorance, but rather exploring possibilities. I even calculated some of the economics of using wall current, and someone else figured out end to end efficiencies.