Hybrids

A Volkswagen Beetle Hybrid prototype appeared outside the 2015 New York Auto Show.

The 2016 Lexus RX 450h was unveiled at the 2015 New York Auto Show.

Toyota offers big discounts on the entire Prius hybrid range in California.

It's rare that a carmaker entirely replaces a car after just three model years, but the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is remarkable in more ways than that. Chevy will offer a full-hybrid model of the new 2016 Malibu that goes head to head with hybrid mid-size sedans from Toyota, Ford, Honda...

General Motors is unconcerned about low fuel prices, its battery-development chief says.

We know very little about the plug-in hybrid version that Fiat Chrysler will launch sometime after the new 2017 Chrysler Town & Country minivan is unveiled next year. But while a spate of plug-in hybrid SUVs and crossover utility vehicles is just about to enter the U.S. market, only Chrysler...

A preview of the green-car debuts we're expecting to see at the 2015 New York Auto Show.

The upcoming Mitsubishi Outlander refresh could be more significant than it appears.

Green cars were bumped out of the top 10 new-vehicle segments in 2014, new research claims.

Hybrid powertrains used to always tag vehicles as optimized for fuel efficiency. But that’s changed in very pronounced ways the past several years, as the fastest supercars in the world--from McLaren, Ferrari, and Porsche--have all adopted some form of hybrid technology that helps with...

The Honda Accord Hybrid was launched as a 2014 model, and the first few were sold back in October 2013. But over the next year, despite favorable reviews and a handful of awards, the Accord Hybrid remained a rare beast indeed on dealership lots. Now, more than a year later, it appears that supply...

With U.S. gas prices having fallen 40 percent over six months, fuel efficiency may be less important to car buyers than it was when gasoline cost $4 a gallon. Meanwhile, smaller crossover utility vehicles are supplanting sedans and hatchbacks in more and more driveways. DON'T MISS: Toyota Racks Up...

A Toyota Camry Hybrid owner repairs the car's battery pack.

Last week, Ford cut prices on both the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of its 2016 Ford Fusion mid-size sedan. This week, the company is cutting costs for consumers in a different way: doubling its incentives to help dealers move out the last of its 2014 Ford C-Max compact tall wagons. DON'T...

The Nissan Pathfinder crossover utility vehicle seems to be doing well for Nissan, following its 2013 reinvention as a seven-seat family vehicle rather than the tough truck-based 4x4 that had previously defined the Pathfinder name. There's one model of the Pathfinder, however, that seems to be...

It's well known that sales of hybrid cars rise and fall in line with gas prices. In recent months, that's led to lower sales for hybrids as gasoline falls to $2 per gallon or less in many parts of the U.S. DON'T MISS: Ford Cuts Gas Mileage On 6 Models: What You Need To Know, And Open Questions To...

A concept previewing the next-generation Kia Optima will debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.

The Savannah is a massive new yacht with a diesel-electric hybrid system.

Kia has now issued another teaser photo of the "rugged runabout" crossover utility vehicle concept it will unveil next week at the Chicago Auto Show, and it now has a name: the Kia Trail'ster Concept. The photo shows the rear of the vehicle on a dirt road, with an upswept black bumper shield and...

A rule requiring pedestrian-alert noises for electric cars and hybrids is delayed until 2018.