Does your daily drive keep you confined to the city limits of Forest Grove, Cornelius, or Hillsboro? Do you work close to where you live, and spend most of your time fighting traffic?
The Ford Focus Electric is the perfect car to keep your commute completely gasoline-free. While gas engines struggle with stop-and-go traffic, electric motors thrive, and this pure battery-electric vehicle has a range up to 115 miles.
What if you're a country driver, facing a long commute from your rural home to your job in town? The Fusion Hybrid isn't limited by its battery life—it runs on gasoline and can be fueled up at any station—but it gets an impressive 43 mpg city and 41 mpg highway, which is certain to slash your gas expenses whether you take small-town backroads or open highway.
A plug-in hybrid like the C-Max Energi has the additional benefit of plugging in to an electric outlet, so it can drive up to 20 miles without using any gasoline at all, just like the Focus Electric. When its EV range is depleted, it switches to its gasoline engine for over 600 miles of driving range.
It's ideal for "switch" drivers, who have short daily city commutes, but also make frequent long-distance trips.