Hybrids

The 2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe retains all its capability in a more efficient package, but we wish it had more juice.

Some used plug-in hybrids are now eligible for the $4,000 used EV tax credit, although as Carmax recently pointed out, prices have been on the rise well ahead of this perk.

The thread connecting all of these picks: Every single one was either a plug-in vehicle or offered a plug-in version. 

Early plug-in hybrid adopters likely have more access to charging, while mainstream adopters can't be assumed to plug in as often, the study concluded.

A Kona hybrid will join the Kona Electric and other gasoline versions at launch, Hyundai confirmed, in a reveal of a redesigned Kona model line.

Getting a new EV for all-day home backup might not be necessary, as a high-voltage inverter that's been around for a decade will repurpose a Prius to do the same.

Stepped-up targets for electric vehicles were backed up by new agreements with suppliers to develop and manufacture "electric drive units."

Time with the 2022 Prius Nightshade served as a reminder that this outgoing model is the gas-mileage champ—and the best-driving Prius yet.

Softer, smoother styling returns to the Prius lineup, which gets a sportier positioning and in hybrid form might earn 57 mpg.

Hybrids carry an average price premium of $1,700 over non-hybrid internal-combustion vehicles, but that's offset in fuel savings after about four years.

The hybrid Accord will be offered in a wider range of versions, and it's repositioned as the sporty version of this bestselling sedan.

A last spin in Toyota’s front-wheel-drive hybrid sedan keeps the bar high for its successor, the Toyota Crown.

Honda says that the upcoming 11th-generation version will "bring excitement back," and suggests the hybrid system will aid that.

The 2023 Toyota Crown is more expensive and less fuel-efficient than the outgoing Toyota Avalon Hybrid, but it promises a whole lot more.

Ford is giving its Escape lineup a sporty design treatment and more tech features, but it doesn't see that selling more high-mpg hybrids.

All-wheel drive, hybrid-system changes, and new safety add up to a "thoroughly upgraded model," according to the automaker.

Honda gives the CR-V Hybrid’s electric side a boost but still doesn’t let the gas engine play second fiddle.

A version of the Crown could fit into Toyota's future expansion of plug-in hybrids, according to a recent report.

The entire affordable lineup gets an efficiency and range boost—now up to 53 mpg, 33 plug-in electric miles, or an estimated 253 miles for the EV.

Price hikes and the EV tax credit revamp have stripped away the advantage that plug-in hybrids have had until recently—for some but certainly not all models.