The 2019 Honda Insight hybrid production model took its first bow this morning, revealing itself as a five-seat compact sedan with an a big increase in fuel efficiency over its predecessor. Honda is estimating 55 mpg city fuel economy for…
The new Jaguar I PACE all-electric crossover will start at $70,495 when it goes on sale in the U.S. in the second half of this year. That’s including the company’s standard $995 handling and destination fee. Most ads you’ll see…
(Update, March 6, 2018: Boy, were we wrong! Jaguar hadn’t disclosed U.S. pricing for the new I PACE electric SUV when this article was posted so we “guesstimated” in the headline above that it would start at around $80,000. We…
The new Hyundai Kona EV makes its bow at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, and Hyundai says the subcompact crossover will deliver substantially more range than any battery-electric vehicle it has offered to date. The company estimate is 291 miles…
Porsche has decided that EVs and hybrids are, indeed the future. The company’s board of directors has agreed to double the Porsche electrification investment to $7.5 billion over the next five years. Much of that money will be invested in technology…
Hyundai, which beat both Toyota and Honda to market with the first fuel-cell electric vehicle retailed in the U.S., is replacing its aging Tucson FCEV with a new crossover model, the Hyundai Nexo. The new Hyundai FCEV will be available…
For the first time since it began in 1994, the annual Ward’s Best Engines list includes four electrified propulsion systems – two of them combustion-free: Honda’s new Clarity Fuel-Cell electric drive system and the battery-electric drive system in Chevrolet’s Bolt…
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It’s official. The final version of the Republican tax plan, signed into law Dec. 22, keeps the federal plug-in vehicle tax credit, aka the “EV credit,” alive. So, whatever else you might think of the Republican Party’s rewrite of the…
Note: The bill passed by congress and signed by the president keeps the federal tax credit for plug-in vehicles intact. The federal EV tax credit for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids reportedly has won new life in the income…