It goes without saying, there are perks to being a prince. His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco recently was the first of all drivers in Europe to get behind the wheel of the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, but it's not just afforded to His Serene Highness because it can be, rather, it's all part of an effort to promote eco-friendly cars in the Principality of Monaco.

Prince Albert II, believe it…

Toyota has built a rechargeable variant of its popular Toyota Prius, and it's ready to battle against all other EV competitors, especially the Chevrolet Volt EV, which has targeted the Prius line since its inception.

Toyota asserts that the new Prius should have a higher mpg-e than the Chevy Volt (when running almost solely on battery power). As Bob Carter, Group Vice President of Toyota U.S. Sales, states, "It's still an estimate…