From 2011 starts the production version of the Toyota Prius plug-in on the U.S. market. Initially, the Japanese car manufacturer wants a report by the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun said that selling 15 000 units a year at the outlet of the rechargeable Kompaktklässlers solely on the local market. With the launch of Toyota wants to meet, inter alia, the future environmental legislation of the State of California. In its home market in Japan is the plug-in hybrid might start at the same time.