What's the difference between a parallel, series, and plug-in hybrid, and why do you need to know? Everything about the technology and the vehicles for the shopper or the merely curious.

When your new-car research includes hybrids, you may come across some unfamiliar technical terms. Here's what you need to ...

Confused by hybrid cars? We break down regular hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), and mild hybrids—and explain which one makes sense for you.

Buyers weighing a hybrid against a conventional gas car tend to fixate on a short list of practical concerns: fuel costs, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Every now and then, a single word comes along that foretells the future. The famous line of advice to young Benjamin in The Graduate (1967) - "plastics" - was certainly poignant, ...

Hybrid cars, trucks and SUVs have become ubiquitous. Thanks to technological innovations, some hybrids can easily travel over 600 miles on a single tank of gas. Hybrids typically have higher starting ...

Modern hybrids have been helping folks save gas for about 25 years at this point, with the first mainstream model, the Toyota Prius, launching in Japan in 1997. Yet, even after a quarter of a century, ...

As full-electric vehicle sales have dipped this year, new-car buyers are instead going all in on hybrids and it’s easy to see why. The best of them deliver peppy performance and stellar fuel economy ...

If you pay any attention to modern vehicles, odds are you're well-acquainted with the term "hybrid." For those unfamiliar with the word in this context, hybrid vehicles are those that use both an ...