The official European CO2 emissions and fuel economy numbers for the new Prius Plug-in Hybrid are in.
According to Toyota, with the use of the battery, the plug-in hybrid model will be able to travel 134.5 miles on one imperial gallon of petrol (equal to 112mpg US or 2.1lt/100km) and emit just 49g/km of CO2 on the combined driving cycle.
Once the battery is depleted and the car switches into HV mode, it delivers a fuel economy of 76.4mpg UK (63.6mpg US or 3.7lt/100km) and CO2 emissions of 85g/km.
The Japanese carmaker added that the plug-in Prius returns a total driving range of 769 miles or 1,237 kilometers.
The battery can be fully recharged in 90 minutes using a conventional plug and offers a pure EV driving range of up to 15.5 miles or 25 kilometers. The addition of the plug-in system does not come at the expense of the packaging with the car continuing to offer the same space for passengers and their luggage (443 liters) as the regular Prius.
Sales in Britain will start this summer with prices to begin under £30,000 OTR, inclusive of the UK government’s Plug-in Car Grant.
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