Hi Anthony,

Plug-in hybrid (PHEVs) SUVs suit people who live within, say, 50km of their place of work and who can regularly charge the vehicle at both their office premises and at home; if you’re on the motorway a lot, PHEVs become quite uneconomical once their batteries are discharged and the onboard combustion engine is lugging around all the extra (dead) weight of the electrical systems. Regular hybrid SUVs, like the Toyota RAV4, will be marginally better on fuel than regular petrol models and they’ll have lower road tax/VRT bills, so they’re worth checking out.