What's a good compact plug-in hybrid SUV?

[Anonymous]

I'm in the market for a reliable mid-range (price) plug in hybrid SUV. Here's what we care about:

-safe
-nice, quiet drive, good features, heated seats
-compact, but big enough for camping gear. Don't need 3rd row of seats.
-under 50K

We are looking at RAV4 Prime. What else should we look at?

[Anonymous]

RAV4 Prime is basically mid sized these days. Great vehicle though.

The Subaru Crosstrek PHEV is a true compact SUV/crossover

[Anonymous]

Have you done the math on whether the plug in is worth it? I like the idea of one but it’s just not a good value for me.

[Anonymous]

I love my rav4 prime. I have no other suggestions.

[Anonymous]

OP here. From a financial perspective, I'm not sure the plug in is worth it. From a logistics and environmental perspective it seems like a good idea, but maybe I'm wrong. I mostly drive short distances in the city, so those would be exclusively on electric power. Four times/year, we take an 8 hour road trip (so 16-ish hours round trip). I'm not ready to commit to fully electric for that because it's still hard to find chargers along our routes and we tend to stop only for quick bathroom breaks. A few times/month we hike or visit friends outside of DC so might use a combo of electric/battery/gas for that.

Will check the subaru crosstrek PHEV too. We might be fine with something that size.

Other small/mid sized plug in/hybrid SUVs you like?

[Anonymous]

Mitsubishi Outlander - we have and love it

[Anonymous]

Has anyone gone from a Volt to another PHEV? If so what did you choose? We have a Volt and get between 50-60 miles of electric range. We are considering a plug-in crossover but none get the same electric range as the Volt. The RAV4 seems to be a bit out of our price range. We haven’t looked at the Outlander which was mentioned.

We’d want to be able to do full EV mode like we do with the Volt and not have a situation where the gas kicks in to support the electric.

We have an EV, but not sure if we want both to be EVs at this point. That might be an option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone gone from a Volt to another PHEV? If so what did you choose? We have a Volt and get between 50-60 miles of electric range. We are considering a plug-in crossover but none get the same electric range as the Volt. The RAV4 seems to be a bit out of our price range. We haven’t looked at the Outlander which was mentioned.

We’d want to be able to do full EV mode like we do with the Volt and not have a situation where the gas kicks in to support the electric.

We have an EV, but not sure if we want both to be EVs at this point. That might be an option.

I love my vault, a 2017 I just got last year, but from what I understand the Toyota Prius prime get a similar range.

[Anonymous]

Volt! Thank you autocorrect lol

[Anonymous]

Kia makes a few PHEVs. Take a look at the Niro, the Sportage, and the Sorento. (The Niro and the Sportage are both smaller SUVs, the Sorento is bigger.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kia makes a few PHEVs. Take a look at the Niro, the Sportage, and the Sorento. (The Niro and the Sportage are both smaller SUVs, the Sorento is bigger.)

DP
Do you know if any of their models qualify for a $3750 tax credit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RAV4 Prime is basically mid sized these days. Great vehicle though.

The Subaru Crosstrek PHEV is a true compact SUV/crossover

DP
Do these exist? I’ve tried various online search sites and haven’t found a Crosstrek PHEV.

[Anonymous]

Volvo XC40 or C40

Absolutely best in class. Used can be had for well under MSRP. Volvo certified used is a great deal.