Innovative cars that run in part on electricity have been around for more than 100 years, but hybrid cars didn’t become a mass-market phenomenon until 2000, when Toyota released the Prius. Now, ...

As history goes, the first-ever automobile was built in 1769 and was steam-powered. However, the modern vehicle that we’ve come to know was developed by Karl Benz more than a century later in 1885.

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 ...

A range-extended electric vehicle pairs an electric motor with a gasoline engine/generator, which recharges the battery as you drive. An REEV powertrain differs from other hybrid setups because the ...