If you live in the wide-open parts of America, or you just like taking road trips, having a car with lots of driving range just makes life easier — you don’t have to worry so much about where you’ll fill up, or if you can make it to the next town. While electric car ranges are growing, even the most expensive models fall short of the range of the top conventional hybrids.
Here’s our list of the 10 longest-range hybrids of 2023. Note: This list does not include plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). Where more than one trim line of a model would have made this list, only the top trim was used for ranking purposes.
1. 2023 Lexus ES 300h: 700 miles
The Lexus ES
Lexus
The longest-range hybrid of 2023 is also our Luxury Car Best Buy of 2023, meaning it’s not just great for road trips; it’s great for just about everything. Comfortable, reliable, and stylish, the 2023 Lexus ES 300h hybrid gets its massive range from a combination of 44 mpg and a sizeable fuel tank.
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2. 2023 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: 686 miles
The Hyundai Sonata
Hyundai
The 2023 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Blue is the most efficient variant of Hyundai’s
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midsize hybrid sedan, good for an impressive 52 mpg combined — enough to tie the Camry for second behind the Prius for best combined fuel efficiency. If you don’t opt for the Blue, the range shrinks to a still-impressive 620 miles.
3. 2023 Toyota Camry Hybrid: 686 miles
The Toyota Camry
Toyota
Also tied with the Sonata for total range, the 2023 Toyota
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Camry Hybrid LE is likewise the most efficient trim level of its model range. If you go with the Camry Hybrid SE, XLE, or XSE, you’ll get 607 miles of total range and 46 mpg combined compared to the Camry Hybrid LE’s 52 mpg combined and 686 miles of range.
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4. 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid: 655 miles
The 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid
Kia
The highest-ranking SUV on our list of long-range hybrids is the 2023 Kia
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Sorento Hybrid FWD (front-wheel drive). In addition to its excellent range and 37 mpg combined fuel economy, the Sorento Hybrid is packed with features, offers a quality cabin, and earns an IIHS Top Safety Pick. Tick the box for all-wheel drive (AWD), and total range drops to 602 miles.
5. 2023 Toyota Sienna: 648 miles
The Toyota Sienna Hybrid
Toyota
Moving from SUVs to minivans, the 2023 Toyota Sienna with front-wheel drive is the longest-range hybrid minivan around, and it’s our Minivan Best Buy of 2023. Family-friendly features and space meet Toyota reliability and value in the Sienna hybrid, and you don’t even have to pay a huge penalty for choosing the AWD Sienna hybrid, which still gets 630 miles of range.
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6. 2023 Toyota Prius: 644 miles
The 2023 Toyota Prius
Toyota
The all-new 2023 Toyota Prius is more attractive than ever while still delivering the goods when it comes to efficiency at 57 mpg combined in base form. Opting for the available AWD system bumps that figure down to 567 miles of range, so those looking to skip the pump as much as possible will want to choose FWD.
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7. 2023 Lexus LC 500h: 644 miles
The Lexus LC 500
Lexus
A V6-powered luxury sports coupe? What is this doing on this list? Well, the 2023 Lexus LC 500h is not only gorgeous, fun to drive, and powerful, but it’s also reasonably efficient at 29 mpg combined. If you want to make 354 horsepower while going more than 600 miles on a tank, this is your best bet.
8. 2023 Lexus RX 350h: 619 miles
The 2023 Lexus RX
Lexus
The 2023 Lexus RX is all-new this year, and the RX 350h hybrid gets standard AWD along with a sharp new design, a comfortable and premium cabin, and updated technology. It also gets 36 mpg combined while making 246 horsepower from its 4-cylinder engine and single-motor hybrid system.
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9. 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid: 619 miles
The 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander
Toyota
An entirely new model, the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander is larger and more spacious than the Highlander, and it’s also based on a different architecture. Still, it benefits from Toyota’s deep hybrid know-how, with the hybrid model managing 36 mpg combined despite its 3-row size and even scoring 585 miles of total range in AWD form.
10. 2023 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: 616 miles
The 2023 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Toyota
At the bottom of our list — but ahead of all but nine hybrids on the market today — is the 2023 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Offering 3-row seating of its own, albeit on a smaller scale, the Highlander Hybrid matches the Grand Highlander’s efficiency at 36 mpg combined and is only edged out on total range by 3 miles. If you need a family SUV that’s not quite as big as the Grand Highlander, the regular Highlander is an intelligent choice — and an IIHS Top Safety Pick+.
This story originally ran on KBB.com.
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