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2024-2025 Hybrid and Electric Car Guide: The Plug-in Hybrids

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Dan Heyman
This is the eighth edition of our annual guide to plug-in electric vehicles.

Chrysler

Chrysler Pacifica PHEV
Chrysler Pacifica PHEV | Photo: D.Boshouwers

If BMW has you covered when it comes to performance x electrification, then Chrysler is the go-to when it comes time for some family moving x electrification. The Pacifica minivan will carry you and yours for about 50 km on electric power alone, and considering that most minivans are asked to do many small trips throughout the day, your Pacifica PHEV could quickly become a Pacifica EV without too much effort.

  • - Chrysler Pacifica PHEV electric range: 51 km

Ford

Ford Escape PHEV
Ford Escape PHEV | Photo: K.Soltani

While 2025 heralds the arrival of the new Explorer PHEV, in 2024 it’s still only the popular Escape compact crossover that gets the treatment. It gets a naturally aspirated 4-cylinder that when coupled an EV motor makes 210 hp. Fine figures, but know that if you’re going with an Escape PHEV, you’re going to have to do without AWD as the model comes only in front-wheel-drive configuration.

  • - Ford Escape PHEV electric range: 60 km
  • - Ford Explorer PHEV electric range: TBA
2025 Ford Explorer
2025 Ford Explorer | Photo: Ford
Dan Heyman
Dan Heyman
Automotive expert
  • Over 12 years' experience as an automotive journalist
  • More than 70 test drives in the past year
  • Participation in over 150 new vehicle launches in the presence of the brand's technical specialists