Saw my first Prius PHEV "in the wild" yesterday!

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  1. mwalsh

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    Driving the 405 northbound in the Long Beach/South Bay area, a SDGE (San Diego Gas & Electric) Prius PHEV. This is the first one I have seen outside a controlled environment like a renewable energy or future transportation conference.

    I must say, it gave me a bit of a thrill!
     
    #1 mwalsh, Jun 12, 2008
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    Did you wave at them, or did they wave at you?
     
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    I don't actually have a Prius, so no waving at all. I may well have had an envious look on my face, but that would have been about it. :redface:
     
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    Very cool!

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    google has 2 of them, so I see them every so often.
     
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    Ok, being new to this I have to ask a stupid question.... how do you know it's a PHEV? Please don't laugh....
     
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    Probably the 2 mile orange power cord they are dragging behind them.
    :pound:
     
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    Well this particular one was wrapped in graphics proclaiming it to all the world. But it did have the tell-tale rubber grommet covering a plug socket in the back bumper.
     
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