Our long-term fleet is becoming more efficient by the day with the arrival of the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid. A 2.0-liter I-4 is teamed up with two electric motors in this PHEV? one on each axle for all-wheel-drive. Total system output is 190-horsepower. The electric to gas transition is smooth? but you?ll hear the engine working during hard acceleration. We?re getting 34-point-2 miles-per-gallon.. which should rise once we do more city driving.

"So far in our time with the Outlander Plug-In, we've found a lot to like. It's comfortable, visibility is great and the hybrid system operates well. Now 22 miles of EV range isn't exactly earth shaking but is pretty typical for a PHEV and those miles do more than you might think for fuel economy than you might think."
Since this is our first long term report, we?ve only added 3-thousand miles to the odometer in a month. But with 22-miles of EV-only range? we expect to spend more time driving? and less time filling up.

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