plug-in

With each passing month, about 11,000 new all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles hit the road.

California alone already has more than 100,000 plug-in vehicles.

But last month, carbuyers could choose from well over 50 different types of hybrids, including seven plug-in hybrids.

Total sales of hybrids (including plug-in hybrids) were over 59,000, more than double the May 2009 low of about 25,000.

But a browser plug-in that encrypts Facebook messages could change all that.

He surveyed a big switchboard and picked out an outlet marked "Pons Varolis for the plug-in."

Loose plug-in connections and hose-ends dangled about his lean body.

He climbed into the snapper-boat and hunted for the plug-in terminal.

I was a replaceable plug-in unit, not an individual in my own right.