Finding an outlet for plug-in hybrids becomes easier - 04/12/06 - The Detroit News: "Toyota may have built plug-in hybrids on its own, but it is not showing them, nor has it cooperated with companies like Electro Energy that use the Prius as a base.
That poses a big problem for engineers who have to get around a sophisticated computer that wants to switch on the car's gas engine.
'You're limited to what you can do if you don't have the source code,' Hermance of Toyota conceded. 'You have to try and trick the computer.'"
