A few short months ago, Honda's CEO, Takahiro Hachigo, announced that by the year 2030, two-thirds of new sales would be in electrified vehicles. "At the core of electrification in the future," he said, would be the plug-in hybrid.
Plug-in hybrids differ from conventional hybrids, and from battery-electric vehicles. A plug-in hybrid charges from an electrical outlet or charging station, and can run on electricity alone. It can make journeys longer than its electric range by engaging a gas engine to work in support of the electric motor.
In other words, it is both very efficient, and very
