Which luxury plug-in vehicle will soon have a plug-in version using parts from a minivan?
And, why is an unusual Toyota electric-car concept made of wood?
This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, March 11, 2016.
Friday, we wrote about a new electric-car concept vehicle, the Toyota Setsuna, the automaker that doesn't believe in battery-electric cars.
This one goes no more than 28 miles per hour, seats two, uses old-style lead-acid batteries ... and has a body made of wood. There is a reason, though.
![Toyota Setsuna concept car, 2016 Milan Design Week Toyota Setsuna concept car, 2016 Milan Design Week](https://images.hgmsites.net/lrg/toyota-setsuna-concept-car-2016-milan-design-week_100549186_l.jpg)
Toyota Setsuna concept car, 2016 Milan Design Week
On Thursday, we wrote about a new electric-car racing series that'll launch next year--using Tesla Model S P85+ sedans.
The races will take place on racing circuits, and use modified production cars, rather than Formula E's open-wheeled single-seaters.
How much range does an 85-kwh Model S have when driven to its limits? We'll find out.
Wednesday, we noted that the new Maserati Levante luxury SUV will offer a plug-in hybrid version within a couple of years.
Its electrified powertrain, however, will be derived from one in a considerably more prosaic vehicle: the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan.
We're betting that doesn't get mentioned in the marketing.
![2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid](https://images.hgmsites.net/lrg/2017-chrysler-pacifica_100541896_l.jpg)
2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
On Tuesday, our writer Andrew Ganz explained how and why he was able to buy a new 2015 Nissan Leaf for a net price of about $8,500 after incentives.
He had to travel two hours from home to do it, and he lives in a state with a very generous electric-car purchase incentives. But still.
Monday, we wrote about one owner's project to make his old Pontiac Firebird more fuel-efficient by turning it into a hybrid.
This is no mere powertrain swap, however: The Firebird is being blended with the underpinnings of a Toyota Prius V wagon. It's worth the look.
Last weekend, we wrote about a Nissan video suggesting that your electric car may be a fuel station in the future.
And we closed the week on Friday with another video, this one made by a Tesla fan, that suggests that futurist Carl Sagan predicted Tesla's emergence in a speech he made way back in 1980.
![2012 Chevrolet Volt crosses 300,000 miles, March 2016 [photo: owner Erick Belmer] 2012 Chevrolet Volt crosses 300,000 miles, March 2016 [photo: owner Erick Belmer]](https://images.hgmsites.net/lrg/2012-chevrolet-volt-crosses-300000-miles-march-2016-photo-owner-erick-belmer_100548876_l.jpg)
2012 Chevrolet Volt crosses 300,000 miles, March 2016 [photo: owner Erick Belmer]
Finally, if potential buyers worry about the long-term durability of electric cars, they may be reassured by a 2012 Chevrolet Volt that just crossed 300,000 miles with no apparently battery degradation.
Driven by a GM millwright who has a very long commute, the range-extended electric car has done about one-third of its miles on grid power--and delivered the rated 37 miles per gallon running on gasoline as well.
Those were our main stories this week; we'll see you again next week. Until then, this has been the Green Car Reports Week in Reverse update.
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