Toyota Motor Corp..iQ-based prototype electric vehicle (EV)

Toyota Motor Corp.'s iQ-based prototype electric vehicle (EV) is test driven in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. will sell a plug-in hybrid model for about 3 million yen ($36,000) in Japan and introduce 11 regular gas-electric cars by the end of 2012 as the company aims to keep its position as the leading maker of the vehicles

Takeshi Uchiyamada, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., demonstrates charging the battery of the company's iQ-based prototype electric vehicle (EV) during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. will sell a plug-in hybrid model for about 3 million yen ($36,000) in Japan and introduce 11 regular gas-electric cars by the end of 2012 as the company aims to keep its position as the leading maker of the vehicles

Toyota Motor Corp.'s iQ-based prototype electric vehicle (EV) is test driven in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. will sell a plug-in hybrid model for about 3 million yen ($36,000) in Japan and introduce 11 regular gas-electric cars by the end of 2012 as the company aims to keep its position as the leading maker of the vehicles.

A Toyota Motor Corp. employee demonstrates charging the battery of an iQ-based prototype electric vehicle (EV) at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. will sell a plug-in hybrid model for about 3 million yen ($36,000) in Japan and introduce 11 regular gas-electric cars by the end of 2012 as the company aims to keep its position as the leading maker of the vehicles

Takeshi Uchiyamada, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., walks past the company's iQ-based prototype electric vehicle (EV) during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. will sell a plug-in hybrid model for about 3 million yen ($36,000) in Japan and introduce 11 regular gas-electric cars by the end of 2012 as the company aims to keep its position as the leading maker of the vehicles