you gotta hook up with a chinese company, there no free enterprise over there. i would like to see a quid pro quo
(sigh) . . . . dreaded as much. During the 2009 Detroit auto show - many PC members had high hopes that the Pri would go plug-in, even back then ...but it was a disappointment when we saw it was just a newer rev, in stead. oh well ... maybe next year. or the next. .
China gets the tech. We get the cars. Designed in Japan, built in China, purchased in the US. BYD has the "newton-meters" to be a good partner. BYD is the innovator in the East. Already far ahead in solar farming with battery backup solutions.