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The 2026 Subaru Solterra has a maximum DC fast-charging rate of 150 kW, allowing it to charge from 0% to 80% in approximately 30 minutes. It now comes with a native Tesla-style NACS plug, too. I ...

You can get the efficiency of electric driving with the peace of mind of a gas backup making the plug-in hybrid a good compromise. Despite the growing popularity of traditional electric vehicles, not ...

China’s BYD is raising the bar for plug-in hybrids, promising new versions of its gasoline-electric models that can travel much farther on battery power alone. The move signals a fresh phase in the ...

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, ...