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Toyota's New Prius PHV
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Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara attends a press event for the new Prius PHV on February 15, 2017, Tokyo, Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. showed off the redesigned Prius PHV that goes on sale in Japan from February 15. The new plug-in hybrid model has a range of 68.2 km on its EV (electric vehicle) mode allowing short journeys to be made without using any gasoline. For longer journeys the car runs as a hybrid even if the electric charge is exhausted. Toyota sold approximately 22,000 units in Japan and 75,000 units worldwide of its first PHV version which was launched in 2012. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)