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Lexus · model year 2025
2025 Lexus RX 450h Plus AWD
SUV · All-Wheel Drive · Plug-in hybrid · EPA class: Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD
Where it places
- 09 Plug-in hybrids
Ordered by combined MPG #9 of 73 - 38 Fuel-efficient SUVs
Ordered by combined MPG #38 of 479 - 61 Fuel-efficient small SUVs
Ordered by combined MPG #61 of 521 - 69 Lexus cars
Every model year, newest first #69 of 767 - 720 2025 cars and trucks
Every car of that year, A to Z #720 of 1,273 - 76 Fuel-efficient AWD and 4WD cars
Ordered by combined MPG #76 of 1,362 - 346 Gas and hybrid cars by fuel cost
Ordered by fuel a year #346 of 2,158
Against plug-in hybrids
The CarCody take
The 2025 Lexus RX 450h Plus AWD is a plug-in hybrid SUV with all-wheel drive. Its 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine works with an automatic transmission listed as AV-S6. The EPA lists a 37-mile range, 83 MPGe combined and 35 mpg combined on gasoline. Gasoline economy is rated at 36 mpg city and 33 mpg highway; energy use is 40 kWh per 100 miles. A 240-volt charge takes 2.5 hours. The annual EPA fuel cost is $2,350, and listed tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions are 89 grams per mile. The EPA class is Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD. NHTSA information lists two recalls and two complaints for this vehicle description, 2025 Lexus RX 450h+ SUV AWD.
Good to know
- 37-mile EPA range
- 83 MPGe combined
- 36 mpg city
- Two-hour, 30-minute 240 V charge
Watch for
- 40 kWh per 100 miles
- $2,350 annual EPA fuel cost
- Two listed recalls and two complaints
Who it suits. It suits SUV shoppers interested in a plug-in hybrid with all-wheel drive and a stated 37-mile EPA range. The gasoline economy, energy use, charging time and annual EPA fuel cost provide useful running-cost details.
The RX 450h Plus AWD offers a 37-mile EPA range, 83 MPGe combined and 35 mpg combined on gasoline. Its two listed recalls and two complaints are also figures shoppers may want to consider.
Every figure on record
- Combined MPG
- 35 MPG
- City MPG
- 36 MPG
- Highway MPG
- 33 MPG
- Combined MPGe
- 83 MPGe
- EPA range
- 37 miles
- Energy use
- 40 kWh per 100 miles
- Annual fuel cost
- $2,350
- Tailpipe CO₂
- 89 g per mile
- Charge time at 240 V
- 2.5 hours
- Model year
- 2025
- Body
- SUV
- EPA size class
- Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD
- Drive
- All-Wheel Drive
- Engine
- 2.5 L 4-cyl
- Transmission
- Automatic (AV-S6)
- Fuel
- Gasoline
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