Are you the switched-on environmental type who plans your Prius
journey around how much air resistance you're likely to
encounter on the way to Whole Foods? Rejoice! Now you can stop
worrying and learn to love your car stereo if you purchase
Pioneer's newest Navigation Unit designed specifically for
electric vehicles, the AVIC-ZHO9-MEV. Hiding behind that easy to
remember (and decidedly catchy) name is a device that estimates
your car's remaining battery, power consumption and
opportunities for energy regeneration, planning your routes
accordingly. Expect to be detouring down lots of short hills
with slow moving traffic at the bottom, or maybe it'll just give
up on the whole idea of roads and demanding you switch to train
tracks. It also has the usual things you'd expect from such a
unit, so you can play DVDs on the 7-inch display, receive
digital TV and radio and play MP3, WMA and AAC discs. The unit
drops in Japan in 'late July' with an RRP of 246,750¥ -- around
$3,038.11.   Pioneer's AVIC-ZHO9-MEV, the fir