Electric and hybrid vehicles – some capable of traveling more than 110 miles per gallon – were on display outside the Northwest Maritime Center April 20.

Jim Ballard, assistant general manager for Wilder Auto in Port Angeles, said the event was an outreach effort to make it easier for Jefferson County residents to see the high-tech, highly efficient vehicles up close.

It was the second time Wilder has held the electric and hybrid exhibit in Port Townsend, Ballard said.

“We did it last year. It was very successful,” Ballard said.

“We sell more Priuses, hybrids and electrics in Port Townsend than anywhere else,” Ballard said.

Ballard said more than 100 people stopped by to look at the cars that day.

“It’s been steady all day,” he said.

Wilder donated $10 to the Northwest Maritime Center for every test drive someone took in one of the cars.

Wilder Auto salesman Caleb Messinger said the 2018 Honda Clarity plug-in hybrid that was on display at the event could travel 47 miles on electric power alone, and up to 340 miles using both the battery and a 7-gallon fuel tank. The car gets 110 miles per gallon.

If an owner of a Clarity only needed to drive 47 miles or less per day, they could say to themselves, “I’m never going to spend another dollar on gas again,” Messinger said.

The car can be trickle-charged in eight hours, or rapidly charged in two hours, Messinger said.

A car’s owner could let the car charge overnight as the owner slept.

“It’s cheaper to charge at nonpeak hours, as well,” Messinger added.

The interior of the Clarity is made from recycled materials, Messinger said.

“It’s super green, for sure,” he said.

At the time of the exhibit, Wilder Honda had just two of the Clarity models in stock. The car is eligible for a $7,500 tax credit.

Another hybrid car on display was the Prius Prime, which salesman Adam Chaussee said could travel 25 miles at full highway speed on battery power alone, and 640 miles with the gasoline motor.

Fuel capacity on the Prius Prime is 11 gallons.

The car has a navigation system and lane-departure warning technology, and can automatically keep a certain distance away from other vehicles when cruise control is engaged.

The Prius Prime also has a wireless charging pad for cell phones. It can also be set for the air conditioning to turn on and keep the car cool as it’s charging while parked.

The engine bay on the all-electric Nissan Leaf, another car on display, has fewer hoses and cables than a gasoline engine. Since it is a completely electric vehicle, it has no internal combustion engine as the hybrids have.