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 ...

The mid-size RX crossover SUV isn't the model that established the Lexus brand's bona fides—that would be the Mercedes S-class–baiting LS400 luxury sedan—but once it arrived, the RX quickly became the ...

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 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 ...

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The RX450h+ plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) elevates the regular RX hybrid to new heights. It’s quicker and quieter, and its relatively large battery pack gives a decent EPA-estimated 37 miles ...

Toyota Motor Corp., the leading seller of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles in the U.S., said today that it would partner with two California universities to test so-called plug-in versions of its ...

Toyota reckons its latest Rav4 plug-in hybrid can return an impressively frugal 282mpg. James Andrews finds out if it delivers in the real world Comfortable, capable and practical they might be, but ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Researchers at the Berkeley and Irvine campuses of the University of California will get to test drive a pair of experimental plug-in ...

We’ve always had a soft spot for the Toyota Prius at Consumer Reports. This hybrid model has never been flashy or sporty, but for the past two decades each generation came with two promises: Practical ...