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Seeing the news about future PHEV, reminded me of this old news, it would be great if it applied to PHEVs.

Source: California and PHEV

• The vehicle must have a rated all-electric range of at least 75 miles (higher than the 50 miles required of a zero-emission vehicle);
• The auxiliary power unit must provide range less than, or at most equal to, that battery range;
• The APU must not be capable of switching on until the battery charge has been depleted;
• The vehicle must meet "super ultra...

With the Grand Highlander running around with ICE and Hybrid variants, one must wonder what is Toyota going to do with the Highlander? Well according to CarBuzz they talked to the general manager, David Crist, of the Toyota division in the US and found out the Highlander will go BEV only and will continue to be built in Kentucky. If you read the article carefully, the BEV Highlander won't be built for a couple more years.

Exclusive: Toyota Highlander Going Electric As Part Of Toyota's Massive EV Ramp-Up

"So strong is Toyota's commitment to hybridizing its lineup that, for the 2025 model year, the Toyota GR86 and Supra are the only products that don’t offer a hybrid option. Christ declined to say whether those models will be electrified in the future.

He did confirm, “We’re going to expand plug-in availability throughout the line-up fairly quickly.” And while he didn’t name names, Toyota sources...

https://insideevs.com/news/715937/europe-may-ditch-wltp/

European commission has found that WLTP figures fall short by about 20% and much worse for PHEVs. Gasoline models were 23.7% less efficient and diesel models were slightly better at only 18.1% less efficient. For PHEVs the difference was not a percentage but about 3.5 times less efficient.

Table Average Real World and WLTP fuel consumption (some values were converted to mpg for audience understanding).

	Powertrain/fuel type	Average Fuel Consumption (l/100km:MPG) Real World	Average Fuel Consumption (L/100km:MPG) WLTP	Gap (%)
1	Petrol	7.89L/100km:29.8 mpg	6.38L/100km:36.9 mpg	23.7
2	Diesel	6.88L/100km:34.2mpg	5.82L/100km:40.4 mpg	18.1
3	Petrol + Diesel	7.44L/100km:31.6 mpg	6.13L/100km:38.4 mpg	21.2
4	Plug-in hybrid (petrol)	5.97L/100km:39.4 mpg	1.76L/100km:133.6 mpg	238
5	Plug-in hybrid (diesel)	5.83L/100km:40.3 mpg	1.41L/100km:166.8 mpg	312
6	Plug-in...