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Between the unexpectedly wild styling, the very wide model range, the Prius Prime plug-in, and now the all-wheel-drive 2019 Prius AWD-e, it seems that Toyota has opted for a mix-and-match philosophy f

Just before reaching a tight series of esses on the Monterey Peninsula’s famous 17 Mile Drive, I clicked the left steering-wheel paddle to bump the Niro EV up a regeneration level—a motion that mimics

I’m snaking the 2020 Kia Soul EV around a bend in the Korean countryside, happy to push faster after weathering Seoul’s famous morning traffic earlier, but I can’t escape two recurring thoughts. The f

Norway has a lot of electric cars—so many that it can make anyone driving a new vehicle with an internal combustion engine look like a Luddite.
Mercedes-Benz brought us there to experience the EQC—and

Not every electric-car first-drive event urges us to climb a mountain to get a good idea of driving range.
Actually make that no other automaker, ever. But that’s what Audi had us do with its 2019 E-t

Hybrid systems aren’t all tuned for the highest possible fuel efficiency. You can use the boost of an electric motor system to actually increase the capability of a vehicle without using more fuel—whi

The Ice (white) 2020 Bentley Bentayga Hybrid slips almost silently through its natural environment, the Silicon Valley town of Atherton, California. Homes with an average price of $11 million line the

You don’t have to look long to see the counterculture influences that persist around Eugene, Oregon. 
Last week, mostly avoiding tailpipe emissions and driving the 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid on plu

Volkswagen’s first step toward fully electric vehicles feels like a cha-cha. 
VW gave Green Car Reports a small test Thursday in California of its production-ready MEB platform, which will eventually

The hard work for Porsche was done before the first car hit the street. 
Before the 2020 Porsche Taycan turned its first all-electric mile not only had we all accepted that the legendary sports-car ma