MirageRally - I suggest a Prius Prime. Toyota took a good hard look at the Chevy Volt (the best concept for electric / hybrid vehicles that exists in my opinion), and voila the Prius Prime was born. You can bet Toyota tore at least one Chevy Volt down to the bare bones and studied everything. When I was at Toyota, we took a fresh brand new Acura MDX off the dealer lot (rented it for a couple weeks). We tore it down to just a whitebody, threw it back together and gave it back to the dealer. Happens all the time ... in Detroit anyway.
If, one has very short local commutes, the Prius Prime (and Chevy Volt) can't be beat, at least for mpg. Guys on the Volt forums have to put Sta-Bil in their gas because they refuel so infrequently. Last I checked, some were in the thousands of mpg. Would work well for me where I live. But I chose the inexpensive car with high fuel mileage route. Lowest TCO route.
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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 50.9 mpg (Imp)