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Old 12-05-2023, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by LoisR View Post
That's why I went with a PHEV Rav 4. It got 70+ mph on our trip to TV.
For the uneducated in terminology and mathmatics. PHEV means plug in hybrid. And no the PHEV RAV 4 does not get 70 mpg. The PHEV RAV 4 gets about 40 miles from an electric battery then the hybrid motor kicks in at about 38mpg (combined). The electric, gas free, miles do not boost your mpg of gasoline fueled miles. If they did I acheved 263 mpg on my last tank.

This doesn't mean PHEVs are not fantastic (I own one), it means facts matter. Gasoline, hybrid powered, mpg is currently at about 50mpg maximium with todays technology.

Spoken by an owner of the highest mileage PHEV, currently for sale in North America.
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