Sometimes the easiest solution is the best. Diesel is the way to go.
Here in tiny MA we go by the California emmisions standards cause apparently our air pollution is just so out of control ????
The sale of Diesel cars are banned here.
Plug-in hybrids would make it possible to use coal or nuclear power (or wind, or solar, etc.) to power automobiles. That would be a big advantage in the U.S. — where you have plenty of coal, but not so much oil. (We’ve got all the bases covered here in Canada — except perhaps for solar.)
I'll gladly take a Dodge Ram 2500 witht the Cummins 5.9 or new 6.7 engine. I love those things.