The 2016 Toyota Prius doesn’t give up anything in its environmental credentials—it still gets 50+ mpg and features the latest version of Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive—but the emphasis for the new model is on aggressive styling and improved performance.
Gas prices are low and cars are more efficient than ever. These graphics show how far you can go on a $50 trip in a car with average mpg.
In case you haven’t noticed, that gasoline price has increased a couple of cents in the past week and is expected to edge up some more in the coming weeks. In other words, that makes the 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid’s value proposition a little more enticing.
We can say with confidence that cars have never been better bargains, offering cost-effective paths to a “greener” transportation.
A significantly updated 2017 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid and its gasoline counterpart made a surprise appearance at the Los Angeles Auto Show sporting a new face.
Tula has developed software algorithms that do something engineers in Detroit, Tokyo and Stuttgart had not thought possible—to shut off different cylinders independently, giving the engine power as needed in a given situation, but saving fuel by giving it only the power needed and not firing any extras cylinders.
Chevrolet’s all-new, second generation Volt was named 2016 Green Car of the Year at s Los Angeles Auto Show in November.
Criticized for its previous hybrid’s middling fuel economy, Hyundai engineers meticulously rethought and re-engineered the hybrid system that casts aside that criticism. The 2016 Hyundai .Sonata Hybrid SE now has an all-40 MPG government rating
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While you won’t see turbo in the name, the 2015 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid scoots down the road with a combination of internal combustion, forced air induction and an electric motor with its juice provided by a battery.