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Toyota Prius hacks

Toyota Prius hacks

Wayne Cunningham Managing Editor / Roadshow
Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began covering technology and the Web in 1994 as an editor of The Net magazine.
Wayne Cunningham
CNET News.com ran an article covering . The hacks run the gamut from turning off the reverse warning beep to letting the driver choose to run the car in electric-only mode. The lack of an electric-only mode in the U.S. Prius irks drivers who are aware that the European and Japanese models have a button on the dash to restrict the car to electric power.