A few months ago - maybe a year, I don't do well with time frames relative to the past - I was lucky enough to take a behind the scenes look at a Prius Plug-in before the first model was available to anyone, be it a dealership, pre-order customer, or an average Joe (.  This allowed me a unique position to evaluate the new technology, not from a sales point of view but rather from that of a cross between consumer and Toyota employee; naturally my job makes me far less than impartial, but at the same time I don't get…