It's quite hard to deny that the Toyota Group sits at the very top of the hybrid vehicle industry in the global market, ...

Hybrid vehicles have become a mainstay on the roads over the last couple of decades, ever since the Toyota Prius made its ...

2023 was the first model year of the sixth-generation Honda CR-V. According to the Japanese automaker, a small number of 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid vehicles were produced for the US market with ...

In hybrid vehicles, a high-voltage battery serves as the primary power source for the electric motor. These components and the electronics that govern them work with the car's internal combustion ...

Hybrids (HEVs), Plugin-Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), and Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) all use a high-voltage battery in addition to a low-voltage battery. While the traditional low-voltage car ...

Hybrid vehicles occupy a space somewhere in between fully electric models and the more commonplace gas-powered varieties we often see in our day-to-day. They offer many of the benefits of an EV (lower ...

The process is similar to boosting the battery of a gas-powered vehicle, but with a few key exceptions and precautions.

Repeated exposure to extreme heat reduces hybrid battery life. Frequent Level 3 DC fast charging shortens the life expectancy of a plug-in hybrid battery. Habitual charging to 100% affects a plug-in ...

Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

The Ford Motor Company has determined that 20,484 plug-in hybrid crossovers may have been produced with suspect battery cells manufactured by Samsung SDI. Affected vehicles include the 2020 to 2024 ...

GM has issued a Special Coverage bulletin relating to a fix for a condition in which 2016 to 2018 Chevy Volt PHEVs may have a malfunctioning battery energy control module or BECM, potentially leading ...