Hybrids

A new study claims carpool-lane access significantly boosts electric-car sales in California.

When a Toyota Prius drive event comes with a handling course, you know that things have changed. And in some ways, the all-new 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid is a very different car from the three generations of Prius that preceded it. Perhaps the main difference is simply that it drives, handles, and...

Here are the best deals on hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric cars, and diesel cars this month.

While we don't yet know the model name, we do know Hyundai is expected to launch its first dedicated hybrid vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show in January. That car--codenamed 'AE' for now--will go on sale within a year of the fourth-generation Toyota Prius, the car that has defined hybrid efficiency...

The compact crossover has in recent years become the go-to vehicle format for frugal families, and it’s largely replaced the mid-size sedan when it comes to workaday parental tasks like bringing the kids to school, practice, and play. Yet this class has been devoid of hybrid offerings. With...

Hyundai's "Prius fighter" hybrid and battery-electric car may use the Ioniq name.

FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne says the company is planning more hybrids.

The 2016 Honda CR-Z hybrid gets revised styling and more standard and available features.

More Toyota Prius owners keep their cars for 10 years than almost any other model.

A startup plans to adapt KERS technology for heavy-duty trucks.

Toyota releases more information on the 2016 Prius.

The 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid has made its world debuts and should arrive at U.S. dealers starting around January. But specific details have been surprisingly sparse. Yesterday, Toyota released a few specifications at an event in Japan. Now, we've learned more about the car's different trim levels...

Here are the best green-car deals for October 2015.

While it has unveiled the all-new 2016 Prius hybrid twice--once at a glitzy event in Las Vegas, once at the Frankfurt Motor Show--Toyota has been very stingy with technical information about the powertrain that will let the car earn promised EPA combined ratings of 55 mpg or better. At an event in...

Honda Accord Hybrid sedans are recalled to address a software issue.

We occasionally run articles about "forbidden fruit," or cool and desirable cars sold overseas that aren't available in the U.S. With Honda down to a single hybrid vehicle for the 2016 model year--the aging and low-volume CR-Z two-seater--it turns out one reader is looking covetously at the...

A leaked staff manual indicates the 2016 Toyota Prius will be offered with all-wheel drive.

Mazda plans to use current Japanese consumer trials to decide on future green powertrains.

These are the best deals on green cars for the month of September.

With sales of small crossover utility vehicles growing, not just in North America but around the world, two of the world's three largest automakers still don't have entries in the segment. One of them, Toyota, announced today at the Frankfurt Motor Show that it had plans to change that. It...