[ausev] Toyota to offer PHEV as deal installed option

[Ian Ward]

Rob,

I'm also in the industry and haven't heard anything about it - actually
contradictory information.  Can you tell me the dealer's name?  I think this
dealer may be planning on offering a 3rd party product.

Thanks,
ian

On 10/8/07, Rob H <rob at zehicle.com> wrote:
>
> I posted this on my blog and thought it may be of general interest to the
> group:Toyota to offer PHEV as deal installed option
> <http://ezehicle.com/archives/477>
>
> I was pleasantly surprised to find a Prius display at the Texas Parks &
> Wildlife Expo today.  Toyota was a major sponsor and sprinkled the event
> with display cars.  SUVs vastly out numbered economy cars: apparently true
> gun totin' Texans like them big cars while effete backpackers prefer
> compacts.  Naturally, the organic conservation area was home to the Prius
> information booth manned by a local dealer.
>
> According to this dealer, *Toyota will offer a PHEV dealer installed
> upgrade option* for the 2008 model Prius!  Even more, it would have be
> under warranty.  I've been watching this market for a while and am stunned
> to hear it first from a dealer at a wildlife expo.  In fact, there VERY
> LITTLE on the web <http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=37189> in
> general about this being an option.  I'm skeptical considering some of the
> other "facts" this dealer stated, but (if true) this would be *a very big
> deal*.
>
> If true, it gives Toyota a significant lead in the hybrid market.  It
> would also hurt the emerging micro-ecosystem of PHEV conversion kits &
> companies.
>
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