Honda Motor Co. has set the starting price of the new Clarity PHEV, or plug-in hybrid vehicle, at $34,290 in standard trim, $37,490 in the upscale Touring trim. Because of its relatively large battery, the midsize, 5-seat Clarity PHEV sedan…
NOTE: Congress has approved and the president has signed into law an income tax bill that retains the present federal tax credit for plug-in vehicles. The federal tax credit for plug-in vehicles, popularly known as the EV tax credit, would…
Crossovers are all the rage and Toyota knows when to join the parade. Thus the 2019 Prius V is morphing from hybrid wagon to hybrid crossover utility vehicle (CUV), if spy photos coming out of Germany are to be believed. (UPDATE,…
Plug-in hybrid SUVs keeping coming, with the latest a pair of Range Rover PHEVs from Land Rover – the Range Rover P400e and Range Rover Sport P400e. Both Range Rover PHEVs are slated for a U.S. introduction next summer, as…
A lot of people still seem to think electrified cars and trucks are a passing fad, but don’t count the crystal ball gazers at many of the world’s major automakers – Ford and General Motors most recently – in that…
Honda is launching the redesigned 2018 Accord this month – but not the new Accord Hybrid, which has to wait until early in the actual 2018 calendar year for its debut. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 30 seconds.] Still, the…
The 2018 Honda Clarity Plug In Hybrid has received an EPA all-electric range rating of up to 47 miles. That’s the best of any midsize plug-in hybrid sedan and third-best of all PHEVs in the market, behind the compact BMW…
Making things easier to do always helps with public acceptance and EV charging giant ChargePoint has added a “tap-to-charge” payment function to its network of more than 40,000 public plug-in vehicle chargers in the U.S. and Canada. The company hopes…
Finally, a Porsche EV. The German automaker plans to launch its first all-electric model, a street version of the Mission E concept, in 2019. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 30 seconds.] In an interview with Car Magazine, Porsche CEO Oliver…
It’s looking as though the scales finally are tipping toward vehicle electrification. As the Frankfurt Motor Show gets underway this week, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have announced that they soon will provide electric or hybrid internal combustion-electric versions of most of…