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Source: "Toyota hybrid costs more to run than diesel", Which? February 2017, pp 7

	Metric	RAV4 Diesel	RAV4 Hybrid
1	official combined	57.6 / 52.3	55.4 / 42.2
2	official urban	49.6 / 54.3	55.4 / 83. 1
3	official extra-urban	64.2 / 60.1	57.6 / 46.3
4	official motorway	- /40.9	- / 30.1
5	annual fulel cost	853	1059
6	purchase price	22595	28530
7	official CO2 (g/km)	127	118
8	UK tax bracket	110	30

Bob Wilson

Hey I know what you are all asking:
Isn't it time for the California New Car Dealers Assoc. to publish 4th Quarter and YTD 2016 car sales results?
Yes of course:
http://www.cncda.org/CMS/Pubs/CA%20Auto%20Outlook%204Q%202016.pdf

Here's my Tally for 2016:

Hybrids 2016
Total Sold: 384,417
California: 98,763
% in CA: 25.7%

PHEV 2016
Total Sold: 72,935
California: 33,226
% in CA: 45.6%

BEV 2016
Total Sold: 84,246
California: 40,347
% in CA: 47.9%

Note: CA is about 11% of US population, so anything over 11% in CA is a higher concentration there

So these are interesting numbers, but showing some greater penetration of Hybrid and PHEV sales outside of CA. At one point, CA was up to 30% of hybrids, I thought maybe headed for 35% in CA, and 65% of PHEV were in CA at one point. BEV has...

If the "clean diesel" is not for you, there's always the option of a Ford with 1.0 liter gasoline engine:

About $16,000 for the Fiesta 1.0
- And $18,000 for the Focus 1.0 with hybrid-style stop/start system

They get 40 and 41 mpg on the EPA highway test, and they cost $6000 to 8000 less than a base Prius or Civic Hybrid. LINK: 2015 Ford Focus SE 1.0L EcoBoost Sedan Test – Review – Car and Driver