Given my driving habits, I'd only use gas for infrequent long trips.
And Toyota has it priced right. I'm not surprised they're making a killing.
Kia has the Niro PHEV, and Hyundai has the Tuscon Prime PHEV, but discontinued the Sonata PHEV in 2020.
Then you've got a decent amount of "luxury" options like the XC60 Recharge - that don't really have that impressive of MPGe.
Is there anything else on the roadmap or currently available?
They are compact SUVs however and are arguably more of a RAV4 competitor but come in at under Prius Prime prices.
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The Lincoln Corsair PHEV is the luxury version of the Ford Escape, but is well cheaper than the Lexus equivalent.
I've been told that Ford/Lincoln is using licensed Toyota drivetrain technology too. I'll have to double check that claim but the Ford Escape/Lincoln Corsair drivetrain is RAV4-like for sure, albeit lower powered / inferior. But I'm hoping it's still got similar reliability.
But it's very hard to compete vs the Prius / Prime / RAV4 hybrid. But the Ford models have the tax credit AND lower MSRP.
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I'm personally still strongly considering the Prius. But the other vehicles could feasibly come in at the right price point and turn me away from Toyota.
I heard that too but couldn't find a recent source that they still did when I researched that a little more than a year ago. From what I remember, they're using something simpler now; one axle is gas and one is electric and it'll just switch between the two automatically.
I have the Corsair and it's great. If you're careful about putting it in EV mode every time you start the car (it defaults to hybrid) and charge at home, it doesn't use any gas for daily stuff that's within range.
Edit: This may be different for the Escape. The PHEV Escape seems to be front wheel drive while the Corsair is all wheel drive.
> Given my driving habits, I'd only use gas for infrequent long trips.
Why do you need a "fast charging car"? Lack of overnight charging setup?
Hybrids only make sense when you can charge at home. Otherwise it’s better to get a BEV with 10x larger battery, that needs to be plugged in 10 times less often.
I really want an EV but reading all the forums and what kind of issues people have really puts me off. I love our hybrid and when it runs on battery it's such a nice and smooth ride and I'm dreaming of 100% electric now. I guess the next step will be PHEV but I really, really want 100% electric. Unfortunately experience of other drivers, like I said, is putting me off for now.