Engine Fuel Economy Plugin SUV 
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
If we optimistically assume the average US fuel economy is 25 miles per gallon, at $3.00 Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV. Using the average U.S. gasoline this equates to 75 cents a gallon for equivalent electricity.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Furia explained, "The SUVs that we just completed that were outfitted with the XHT drive train could have been any SUV made by anyone.
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