Hybrids

With Honda's two-motor hybrid system, the 2021 Insight hits a high in city driving and is shaping up to be the highest mileage sedan without a charge port.

Although Fiat Chrysler sold a higher rate of hybrid vehicles than any other automaker, it came up last in fleet fuel economy. How'd that happen?

Best known for lawnmower engines, Briggs & Stratton engineered a hybrid car in the late 1970s, on the heels of the oil crisis.

This time around, the big Sorento crossover could be the plug-in hybrid instead of the Optima sedan.

Americans will get more hybrids from Honda in the coming year, so we asked a key executive how they work and how we'll see them evolve for Honda.

Honda’s two-motor hybrid system makes the CR-V more enjoyable to drive as well as up to 50 percent more efficient.

A new generation of PHEV compact vehicles aims for Europe with a longer all-electric range.

Sales trends in the U.S. state with the strongest plug-in vehicle market changed direction in 2019, giving hybrids a second wind.

Honda is a little late to the party with its CR-V Hybrid, but it's positioned and priced to counter the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.

A study of used-car sales found that several Toyota hybrid models are lasting longer than most other vehicles of any kind.

An issue with the fuel tank is preventing some drivers of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid from using their full rated range.

A coolant leak due to engine flaws could cause overheating and more in some Toyota and Lexus hybrids.

If you can't (or don't want to) plug in, the 2020 Highlander Hybrid is the most fuel-efficient way to carry up to eight people.

Hyundai has greatly improved the fuel efficiency of the 2020 Sonata Hybrid versus previous years. But the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid will not exist.

The latest hybrid midsize sedan makes an efficiency leap of up to 10 mpg above the outgoing version—and now ties the Camry Hybrid.

In much of Europe, Lexus is pitching hybrids as "self-charging"—and many consumers and electric vehicle fans think it's misleading.

With a growing lineup of high-mpg Toyota hybrids and conflicting messages on the Prius' future, the nameplate faces reinvention or irrelevance.

With some collaboration with Toyota, electric vehicles and hybrids will make up 40 percent of Subaru's lineup by 2040.

With larger 14.1-kwh battery packs and stronger performance, the latest plug-in hybrids aim to support the brand's grand EV plans.

The 2020 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid is one of the longest-range plug-in hybrids; but it's only offered for dealer stock in California.