Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid vs Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid MAX
Mazda’s three-row plug-in hybrid: an EPA-rated 27 miles of electric-only driving, 323 hp and i-ACTIV AWD® standard on all three trims. This page sets the CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid’s sourced specifications beside a three-row electrified SUV it is cross-shopped with, one row at a time, with the source and the model year named on every row.
Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid vs Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid MAX
The rows below are about one difference and its consequences: the CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid plugs in, and the Toyota Grand Highlander Hybrid MAX does not — Toyota publishes gas, Hybrid and Hybrid MAX powertrains for 2026 and no plug-in variant at any grade. That is a difference in kind rather than a ranking, and it is the whole of what this table claims: these are not rows about which car is more powerful or pulls more. Each row below names its source and the model year that source describes.
Every row above names its source and the model year that source describes; verification of a comparison is the dealer’s responsibility. Competitor figures are that manufacturer’s own published specifications for the model year shown. Rows the CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid does not lead are recorded in our research and are not published here, and no price row appears at all — competitor MSRPs are published excluding destination while Mazda’s include it, so no like-for-like price comparison exists.
The Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid in Mobile, AL
What Plugging In Actually Changes
The 2026 CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid is EPA-rated at 27 miles of electric-only driving and 56 MPGe combined, then runs as a hybrid at 26 mpg once the battery is depleted, and it makes 323 hp with 369 lb-ft on premium fuel. Every one of its three trims — Preferred, Premium Sport and Premium Plus — carries that powertrain and i-ACTIV AWD® as standard. A conventional hybrid never asks you to plug it in, and for some buyers that is the right answer; the rows above are for the buyer who wants the daily commute done on electricity and the road trip done on gas, and they say which car can be asked to do that.
How to Read This Comparison
Every figure in the table above carries a source and the model year that source describes. Mazda’s guidelines put verification of a comparison on the dealer, so a row that could not be sourced to a manufacturer publication is left out rather than estimated, and a row the CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid does not lead is recorded in our research and not published here. Ask us for the documentation behind any row and we will show it to you.
CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid Comparison Questions
Does every Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid trim plug in?⌄
Yes — all three 2026 trims, from the entry Preferred up. That is the third row of the comparison above: the plug-in powertrain is not something you step up the range to reach on this car.
How far will a Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid go on electricity alone?⌄
EPA-rated 27 miles, after which it runs as a hybrid at an EPA-rated 26 mpg on gas alone. Electric range is not where this car leads its segment and the comparison above does not claim that it is — the row it publishes is that the car plugs in at all. Your own range will depend on how and where you drive.
Where can I compare the Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid near Mobile, AL?⌄
Dean McCrary Mazda is at 1739 E I-65 Service Rd S in Mobile, serving Daphne, Spanish Fort, Saraland and Theodore. Drive a CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid and judge the comparison for yourself.
How are the figures on this page sourced?⌄
Each row names the publication it came from and the model year that publication describes. Verification of a comparison is the dealer’s responsibility, so no row appears here without a citation, and a row nobody could source is left off the page rather than estimated.
