Hybrid Car - More Fun with Less Gas

(Reuters) - A Toyota Prius sedan is pictured in Los Angeles October 14, 2005 file photo. Switzerland, renowned for its clean Alpine air and pristine ski slopes, has named the Prius the world's greenest car. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)

(AFP/File) - A sign showing the corporate logo for the Toyota Motor Corporation. A subsidiary of growing Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor said Thursday it will build a nearly 200 million-dollar parts factory in the southern US state of Mississippi.(AFP/File/Stan Honda)

(AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe launches automaker's new compact hatchback vehicle, Blade, in Tokyo, in this Dec. 21, 2006, file photo. Toyota's global auto production in the first-half rose 4.2 percent from a year ago, the company said Thursday July 26, 2007, bringing it closer to overtaking General Motor Corp. as the world's biggest automaker. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, FILE)

(AP) - The head office building of Honda Motor Co. is reflected on the hood of hybrid Civic displayed by the entrance in Tokyo Wednesday, July 25, 2007. Honda, Japan's second-biggest automakers after Toyota Motor Corp., said Thursday, July 26, its global production rose 4.0 percent in June, an all-time record for the month, amid continued demand for fuel-efficient cars. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

(AP) - FILE ** Third-place finisher Will Power of Australia sits in his car before the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach auto race in Long Beach, Calif., in this April 15, 2007 file photo. Power finished third behind Sebastien Bourdais and runner-up Oriol Servia. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

(AFP) - Journalists drive a prototype of the plug-in hybrid vehicle of Toyota Motor which enable to charge battery from power supply for families on the test course in Tokyo, 25 July. The Japan's auto giant acquired authorization from the government to begin a proof examination of the plug-in hybrid vehicle on public roads in Japan.(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)

(Reuters) - A Toyota Motor Corp.'s employee holds up a three-prong plug for a photo during the unveiling of a plug-in hybrid vehicle in Tokyo July 25, 2007. The vehicle, certified for public road-use by Japan's Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport, is able to travel at a maximum speed of 100km (62 miles) per hour and Toyota estimates the vehicle to run 13km (8 miles) under electric vehicle mode by charging three to four hours with an ordinary electric wall socket. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)

(Reuters) - A Toyota Motor Corp.'s employee plugs a charger connected to an ordinary electric wall socket to the company's plug-in hybrid vehicle during the unveiling of the car in Tokyo July 25, 2007. The vehicle, certified for public road-use by Japan's Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport, is able to travel at a maximum speed of 100km (62 miles) per hour and Toyota estimates the vehicle to run 13km (8 miles) under electric vehicle mode by charging three to four hours with an ordinary electric wall socket. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)

(Reuters) - A Toyota Motor Corp.'s employee holds up a three-prong plug for a photo during the unveiling of a plug-in hybrid vehicle in Tokyo July 25, 2007. The vehicle, certified for public road-use by Japan's Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport, is able to travel at a maximum speed of 100km (62 miles) per hour and Toyota estimates the vehicle to run 13km (8 miles) under electric vehicle mode by charging three to four hours with an ordinary electric wall socket. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)

(Reuters) - A journalist drives Toyota Motor Corp.'s plug-in hybrid vehicle on a test track in Tokyo July 25, 2007. The vehicle, certified for public road-use by Japan's Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport, is able to travel at a maximum speed of 100km (62 miles) per hour and Toyota estimates the vehicle to run 13km (8 miles) under electric vehicle mode by charging three to four hours with an ordinary electric wall socket. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)