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I'm actually doing some analysis to answer this question. I'm in the middle of it, but the results so far suggest an increase of 22->31 mpg E85 or 26->37 depending on route. I thought I had the mpg calculation calibrated well enough, but the second dataset did not correlate with my measured average as well as the first one did, so I'll have to figure that out.
The two main parameters I'm looking at are the decrease in map when the electric motor is engaged, and the decrease in gas motor rpms that is possible due to deceased power demand.
I'm more interested in plug-in because I do about half corners and hills and half flat and fast in my commute. I hardly use the brakes, but there is a fair amount of compression braking. I haven't yet figured anything to model the potential for regen, but I think it's pretty minimal in this application.
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