Articles about Hybrid Vehicles

Take a guess

When the Nissan Kicks e-Power arrived and we started writing about it, we were initially confused about its classification. The Kicks is a crossover with a gasoline-powered engine and an electric motor. But unlike typical hybrid vehicles, the engine is

Foldables have changed the game

I remember the first time I tried a hybrid electric vehicle, a Toyota Prius, more than a decade ago. I felt it was a momentous change in the motoring landscape. For nearly a century, cars have been powered by a combustion engine

Staying true to the formula

Has it been seven years since Lexus introduced the NX crossover? Judging by the look of the outgoing model, it doesn't seem like it. The NX was so sharp and fresh when it debuted that its design withstood the test of

This could finally herald the hybrid era for us

There was a time, not too long ago, that the success of the biggest carmaker in the Philippines rested heavily on the Toyota Corolla. And when I say success, I don't just mean in the financial sense and in terms of

Expect a myriad of added tech along with an improved ride and smoother handling

If you thought the Lexus RX Line was good enough already, then you're in for quite a treat: Toyota's luxury arm has announced that a refreshed version of the RX will hit the US market soon."The best-selling Lexus

See if your favorite engine made the cut

The International Engine of the Year Awards celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018, and to celebrate, the people behind the awards created One Award To Rule Them All (or at least, before the next anniversary rolls around). It was called 'Best of

The future can't come soon enough

At the recently held Toyota Hybrid Electric Technology Conference, we managed to pick up some cool snippets about the local automotive industry and where it is headed, at least in relation to the eventual shift to hybrids and EVs.For instance, we

For the Chinese market

Ford has launched an all-new midsize SUV dubbed the 'Territory' in China, and the American carmaker believes new buyers in emerging cities will be eager to grab it.Developed together with the Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC), the Territory comes available with

An underrated gem

It's almost sad that with the signing of the tax reform law, along with friendlier tariffs for EVs and hybrids, the Honda CR-Z is no longer on sale. Had this law, or something like it, been signed 24 months earlier,

And it gets a power upgrade

BMW has-at last-shown off the i8 Roadster. Its development has been lengthy and its teaser campaign a bit drawn out, but finally the production version is here. It's been unveiled at the LA Auto Show, and while its styling

Meet the TJ Cruiser

The Toyota FJ Cruiser is dead. Long live the Toyota TJ Cruiser. This utterly delightful concept will appear at the Tokyo Motor Show in a couple of weeks, and it apparently launches a whole new sub-genre.Yep, it's "the birth

It's already on our wish list

The Tokyo Motor Show is happening at the end of this month, which means lots of new reveals and concepts to salivate over. Toyota is throwing its hat into the mix with a cool new sports car concept as one of its

A surprise announcement from Mini PH

The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the second-generation Mini Countryman is set to arrive in the Philippines early next year.The surprise announcement was made by Mini Philippines president Willy Tee Ten earlier today, during the opening of the brand'

Lineup will be made up of only EVs and hybrids

Here's some news that'll prick up ears from here to Germany and beyond: Volvo has confirmed that by 2019, every single one of its new models will have some form of electrification.Don't fall into the trap of thinking

Meet the Mini Cooper S E Countryman ALL4

The recently launched second-generation Countryman is the biggest production Mini to date. This also means it's probably the roomiest and most versatile model in the British brand's range. Being an upsized model also opens up other opportunities--in this

Even Jeep must evolve

Jeep acknowledges it has a bit of an open goal with the Wrangler while the Land Rover Defender is off sale. But it's unlikely to take advantage by sticking to the Wrangler's old-school guns."We're studying a hybrid

Sadly, still no Evo on the horizon

Mitsubishi has announced a new concept, but here's the bad news out of the way: It's still not an Evo. What you're looking at is the new GT-PHEV concept, which will be shown at the Paris Motor Show

And it can still hit 278kph

It feels like there's a new Porsche weekly at the moment. This week's is the new plug-in hybrid Panamera, or the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid to give it its full title.Differences over the old hybrid extend beyond the

More than just green revelations

The inspiration for this article hit me somewhere in the northernmost tip of Luzon. The road had crested, and we caught our first glimpse of the massive wind turbine farms. Their sheer magnificence left us speechless knowing we were still 15km out

Available in Japan market for now

While Subaru has built a reputation for building rally replicas like the Impreza WRX STI, it's still volume sellers like the XV that drive sales inside showrooms. Like its Forester stablemate, the XV combines the versatility and ruggedness of an SUV