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Understanding Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Interest in hybrid electric vehicles is growing. Still, even though they’ve been with us for several decades now they are not fully understood. Here’s what we had to say about hybrids over a decade ago.

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Mustang Mach-E Rally on Track to Impress

You wouldn’t necessarily want to take your Mustang off-pavement since rugged roads are not its forte. Unless, of course, it’s the Mustang Mach-E Rally.

Toyota's Hydrogen Development Milestone

Toyota has been working on hydrogen development for more than 30 years and is a strong proponent of fuel cell electric vehicles.

Daily Life with a Toyota RAV4

Not everybody is ready to go electric, so we’re doing a long-term test of an efficient gas powered Toyota RAV4. Wait…what? Did we really get 43 mpg on gas?

Is Our Electrified Future Coming Too Fast?

There’s good reason to question the regulatory tunnel vision at play as we move toward an electrified future. Do we have the means to power it?

Italian Chic: Alfa Romeo Tonale

Alfa Romeo Tonale is stylish, electrified, and very efficient. It's also the 2024 Green SUV of the Year.

Ron Cogan behind the wheel

EVs are Not the Answer. They are a Choice.

The development of modern EVs has been accelerating for decades. They are important to our future but not to the exclusion of other fuels and technologies.

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7 Best Strategies to Cut the Insane Cost of Your Gas Bill

The price of gas today is unbelievable. Who would have thought we would be paying $5.00 or more per gallon in many parts of the country? Here’s what to do.

Electric BMW iX xDrive50 Delivers Driving Thrills

About the size of an X5, the new BMW iX xDrive50 is the first of this automaker’s sport-activity vehicles designed from the start to be purely electric.

The Best! Electric Trucks Score Top Awards

Viewed as significant sources of carbon emissions, trucks are evolving. Next-generation electric trucks are coming with zero emissions and high efficiency.

Tested: Driving 10,000 Miles in a Ford Escape Hybrid

We’ve driven the magazine’s long-term Ford Escape Hybrid test car for 10,000 miles with remarkably high efficiency. That means spending less time on the hunt for expensive fossil fuel.

Yes! VW Brings Back the Microbus as an Electric

Volkswagen has unveiled its eagerly-awaited ID.Buzz electric microvan, though we won’t be getting this model in the States until 2024.

What It’s Like to Drive on Hydrogen

Green Car Journal editors have witnessed the progress being made with hydrogen vehicles over 30 years. You may not be one of the lucky ones driving one today, but you could be in the future.

Driving GM’s In-Wheel Motor EV Was a Blast!

In-wheel motor technology has potential to become a mainstream part of the EV landscape. GM showed the way with its electric S-10 demonstrator two decades ago.

Alfa Romeo First: New Tonale Plug-In Hybrid Crossover

Alfa Romeo is a brand unfamiliar to many, but that will change as the 2023 Tonale plug-in hybrid joins the automaker’s U.S. lineup late this year.

Clean Hydrogen Powers this Prius

Energy Conversion Devices believed that hydrogen and solar could one day power the world. Its hydrogen Prius provided a high-profile example of its vision.

Chevy Silverado EV: No Gas for This Electric Pickup!

Watch out Ford Lightning! Chevrolet is launching its Silverado EV, a fully electric pickup, with first deliveries of the Work Truck variant in Spring 2023.

Driving the 2022 Lexus NX

Electric Lexus models are coming, but this automaker’s ‘green’ mainstay for now is the hybrid and PHEV like the new Lexus NX hybrid.

Radical Technology: Volvo’s Turbine-Hybrid ECC

Volvo offered a strategically different take on electric vehicles with its series hybrid Environmental Concept Car that used a turbine-hybrid powerplant.

ELMS Urban Delivery EV

Electric vans present an ideal answer for tradesmen and fleets that operate within defined areas, like the zero-emission ELMS Urban Delivery.

Amazon's Electric Delivery Van

Start-up auto manufacturer Rivian has developed the Rivian Electric Delivery Van (EDV) to fill the need for zero-emission last mile delivery service operations.

Electric Delivery Vans are on a Roll

Electric delivery vans represent an important part of the evolving EV space and offer an outsized environmental return for the investment.

This is VW’s First Electric Microbus

The idea of an electric microbus isn’t new with the VW’s I.D. Buzz. Volkswagen showed its intentions back in 2007 with its Space Up! Blue electric concept.

New F-150 is Lightning Fast

It wasn’t all that long ago that the idea of an all-electric pickup was merely a gleam in some engineer’s eye. Enter the Ford F-150 Lightning.

Tillamook Road Trip in a Plug-In Hybrid

Road trip! We head off in an efficient Mitsubishi Plug-In Hybrid to immerse ourselves in the natural world along the spectacular Oregon Coast.

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