Plug-In Hybrids

Last month marked a major milestone for U.S. sales of plug-in electric cars: the 100,000th Chevrolet Volt was delivered. It's the first car with a plug in any segment to reach 100,000 units, and Chevy's justified in celebrating the occasion with a press release and a bit of fanfare. Both the Volt...

The next-generation Corvette could get a plug-in hybrid powertrain, says Bob Lutz.

The Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid will now launch in Summer 2017.

A lawsuit filed in Michigan claims Toyota did not properly represent the Prius Plug-In Hybrid's limitations.

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The Nissan Leaf continued to lead European electric-car sales through May.

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Toyota is the king of electrified powertrains. With more than nine million hybrid vehicles sold worldwide at this point, and well over 5.5 million of those wearing a Prius badge, no other automaker comes close. Yet somehow that expertise and market domination hasn’t resulted in any...

Sales of plug-in electric cars last month continued at pretty much the same level as in May, with few notable gainers or losers among the high-volume entries. While the Nissan Leaf electric car and the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid had run neck-and-neck in total sales last year, the Leaf has now fallen...

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The Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe continue to battle for the lead in European electric-car sales.

Mercedes-Benz will offer wireless charging on the S-Class plug-in hybrid as part of an upcoming mid-cycle refresh.

The Volvo XC90 T8 "Twin Engine" plug-in hybrid gets some upgrades from Volvo in-house tuner Polestar.

U.S. sales of cars with plugs were essentially flat last month, as low gas prices and perhaps anticipation of longer-range entries within months kept a lid on buyer interest. The second-generation Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, now available throughout the country as a 2017 model, logged 1,901...

This morning, Mercedes-Benz announced that its upcoming GLC F-Cell hydrogen fuel-cell crossover SUV would also include a battery pack that plugs in to recharge. Just like an electric car. It will be the first production vehicle in the world, in fact, to combine those two zero-emission powertrains...

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Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson believes hybrids will eventually end diesel's dominance in Europe.

The all-electric range of every type of plug-in car has risen since their introduction in 2011, and will continue to increase with further boosts in battery energy density. This means that not only electric cars will get longer ranges, but so will plug-in hybrids. The latest maker to join the...

London Taxi Company now has additional funding to build its plug-in hybrid TX5 cab.

After a long and tortured development process and a short life, GM has quietly euthanized its Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe. The derivative of the first-generation Chevrolet Volt was intended to sell at a higher price, to help recoup some of the development costs of the Voltec...