What's the difference between a parallel, series, and plug-in hybrid, and why do you need to know? Everything about the technology and the vehicles for the shopper or the merely curious.

Innovative cars that run in part on electricity have been around for more than 100 years, but hybrid cars didn’t become a mass-market phenomenon until 2000, when Toyota released the Prius. Now, ...

For those of us who spend a lot of time on the road, particularly using highways and major arteries, you might have noticed an increase in hybrid semi-trucks of late. Many shipping and logistics ...

Hybrid vehicles have only become mainstream choices in the last few years, giving most people the impression that they are fairly recent inventions. The truth is quite the contrary, as the first ...

Hybrid technology in cars combines an internal combustion engine with an electric motor to improve fuel efficiency and reduce ...

A range-extended electric vehicle pairs an electric motor with a gasoline engine/generator, which recharges the battery as you drive. An REEV powertrain differs from other hybrid setups because the ...

Hybrid cars, trucks and SUVs have become ubiquitous. Thanks to technological innovations, some hybrids can easily travel over 600 miles on a single tank of gas. Hybrids typically have higher starting ...

Americans are increasingly purchasing cars with electrically assisted internal combustion engines. Toyota sold over one million electrified cars last year. Honda’s electrified vehicles accounted for a ...