Category: Electric & Hybrids
Flagship Returns: 2023 Toyota Crown
While other automakers have given up on large sedans, Toyota has doubled down with a new full-size model that resurrects the legendary Crown flagship. Replacing the now canceled Avalon sedan in North America, the ...
Ford Maverick Hybrid Engine: Where is it really made?
There have been a growing number of anecdotal accounts online in owner forums and even on YouTube that Ford has shifted production of the 2.5-liter Atkinson Cycle engines found in the Ford Maverick Hybrid from Mex...
Under The Hood: 2022 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
The 2020-2023 Toyota Highlander Hybrid features the latest generation of the brand's venerable Hybrid Synergy Drive system well proven. Here there is a 2.5-liter Atkinson cycle gasoline engine with D4-S fuel-injec...
2025 Toyota Crown Signia: First Look
Because Toyota desperately needs another SUV in their showroom right? Whether you share that sentiment or not, the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia brings a crossover SUV variant to their Crown nameplate next year – offer...
Test Drive: 2014 Lexus RX450h Hybrid
Lexus brought us the hybrid RX in the last generation nearly 10 years ago, making headlines at the time and gaining a number of celebrity first adopters as buyers. A luxury SUV that could get high fuel economy was som...
First Look: 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric
As if the sporty and already popular Hyundai Kona compact crossover itself wasn't enough, at the New York Auto Show they created even more buzz by unveiling the Hyundai Kona Electric with some 250 miles of range. ...
First Look: 2016 Lexus ES
The 2016 Lexus ES comes to dealers soon with a new safety package and a new facial design that takes the brands Spindle Grille language to its next evolution. In its mid-life design freshening, Lexus has given thei...
2025 Ford Maverick Hybrid: Powertrain Explained
https://youtu.be/Qt14RKVpIi0 Because the new 2025 Ford Maverick comes again standard with a Hybrid drivetrain and now for the first time offer all-wheel-drive (AWD), many of its prospective buyers have never dri...
First Look: 2023 Genesis GV60
Genesis has just launched its first clean sheet electric vehicle, the 2023 GV60. An athletically designed luxury crossover it shares it E-GMP architecture with its corporate siblings Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6. ...
First Look: 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e
As if BMW wasn't already in cutting edge limelight, they enter the newly minted plug-in hybrid SUV fray with their 2016 X5 xDrive40e. The 2016 X5 xDrive40e plug-in hybrid combines a 240 horsepower 2.0-liter turboch...
