Hybrid car proves power once again

Apple Computer's co-founder is admitting he got caught doing 104mph in a Toyota Prius -- the famously economical car not known forits speed.

"I pleaded guilty, with an explanation," Steve Wozniak e-mailedthe San Jose Mercury News. Wozniak had been traveling in Europe,Asia and South America "and had gotten used to kilometer speeds."

The fine for the violation -- committed in California onInterstate 5, where many go 90 mph -- was about $700, the newspapersaid.

Al Gore III, the former vice president's son, was caught recentlygoing about 100 mph in a Prius, police said. The arrest promptedchuckles that the hybrid car could go that fast.

"If you need to, you can really boogie down the highway," BradleyBerman, editor of HybridCars.com, was quoted as saying.