Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has developed a plug-in hybrid vehicle for public road tests in Japan and plans tests for the U.S. and Europe. Plug-in hybrids, whose batteries can be recharged ...

GM may have the flashy Chevy Volt concept, but it seems Ford has taken the first step to test plug-in hybrids in the wild. Ford has teamed with electric utility California Edison to test its new ...

Plug-in hybrids don’t get much respect, and frankly, that reputation is partly earned. Too many early plug-in hybrid electric vehicles had electric ranges that barely justified the engineering ...

Mercedes has made provisions for the time when the purchase of a plug-in hybrid will no longer be generously subsidised by tax. In other words, for a time when this drive system will have to assert ...

Plug-in hybrids have been a lifeline for the company car driver in recent years as benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax rates soared and the availability of suitable battery electric cars failed to keep pace.

Volvo may be a newcomer to the hybrid segment, but the company has been actively working on hybrids for nearly 20 years. Back in 1992, Volvo displayed their first hybrid concept car, but the vehicle ...

The most important thing we discovered while driving the plug-in Prius was that it is clearly designed for stop-and-go city driving. When we took it from stoplight to stoplight, gradual braking could ...