Plug N Drive

JUNE 27, 2025

Visitors will be able to test drive at least six different plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). As the grid continues to evolve, the climate benefits of EVs will continue to grow.

Canada

EV Central

MARCH 29, 2025

Volvo EX90 Ultra Twin Motor Backseat Inside, you get very comfortable and plush-feeling seats made mostly from recycled PET plastics, and you get heating in the first two rows, as well as four-zone climate control. Thats enough, says Volvo, to clip 100km/h from a standing start in just 5.9 Tech is covered by a 14.5-inch Score: 3.8/5

Volvo

EV Central

JULY 5, 2025

READ MORE: 2025 Geely EX5 Inspire Review: We’ve just spent a week with this new electric SUV, it’s got a lot more going for it than sharp pricing alone 2025 Mazda CX-60 PHEV price and equipment 2025 Mazda CX-60 Pure PHEV. In 2023, the cheapest PHEV was the Evolve, which was $72,300, so we’re talking big savings here.

Mazda

EV Central

JULY 24, 2025

At that money, unless the local outfit absorbs some of the new high costs, the D-MAX EV will command a significant price premium over even the maligned LDV e-T60, let alone the diesel utes that dominate the segment and the PHEV utes that are emerging as a more logical alternative here than battery electric in at least the short to medium term.

Isuzu

EV Central

JUNE 25, 2025

A more sophisticated plug-in hybrid powertrain powers the T8 versions that blend the same 2.0-litre seconds, the appeal of the T8 Plug-in is its 18.8kWh onboard high-voltage battery enabling it to travel up to 89km on pure-electric power alone. litre turbo with a 107kW/309Nm e-motor that produces a combined 340kW. 2025 Volvo XC60.

Volvo

EV Central

JULY 15, 2025

The Geely Starray EM-i will arrive in Australia in the fourth quarter of this year, with two trim levels now confirmed for launch which debut the Chinese giant’s Super Hybrid PHEV technology in Australia. There are heated, ventilated and powered seats up front, too, as well as rear vents for the climate control.

Toyota

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Increased Consumer Awareness and Demand Growing concerns about climate change and rising fuel costs have led consumers to opt for greener transportation alternatives. The shift toward hybrid vehicles is also evident, with companies like Toyota and Geely capitalizing on demand for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

Global

Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2025

Cargo space on petrol models ranges from 570-1700 litres while the PHEV ranges from 460-1600 litres. For starters, there is a choice of two petrol (with 48-volt mild-hybrid assistance) and one plug-in hybrid drivelines, all with standard all-wheel drive. In the middle of the pack, the X3 30e xDrive PHEV (from $104,100) combines a 2.0-litre

BMW

Discover EV

JULY 16, 2025

When plugged into an 11kW home wallbox it takes just under 10 hours for a full top-up. Rear passengers are especially well catered for, mine had their own climate zone, powered sunblinds, and that incredible 31-inch rear screen to keep them busy. The Bowers & Wilkins Diamond audio system is a true highlight.

BMW

EV Central

MARCH 21, 2025

From April 1 2025, it, like every other plug-in hybrid (PHEV), will no longer be considered a zero or low emissions vehicle under fringe benefits tax (FBT) law. In recent years, many PHEV sales have been on account of this money saver through a novated lease. 2025 Cupra Formentor VZe Tribe Edition PHEV.

PHEV

EV Central

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Australia is one of the first markets to benefit from that expansion and the C10 is the first of many BEV and plug-in hybrid models that have been scheduled to head our way. Plug-in hybrid just as important for Leapmotor in Australia as BEVs; C10 and B10 PHEV SUVs on the way! READ MORE: Each-way bet! 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design.

Design

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

During my EV Hub visit, we started at the Marysville Auto Plant, which originally opened in 1979 and has been building Honda cars since 1982, to see the progress the company has made in revamping a 40+ year old facility for the all-electric age while continuing to build ICE and plug-in vehicles.

Ohio

Electrek

JULY 25, 2025

7 in the US earlier this year, citing “a challenging EV climate.” Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) also saw higher demand, with sales rising 56% to 138,633. 4 (Source: Volkswagen) Volkswagen’s Tiguan was the best-selling PHEV with 7,563 units sold, followed by the Cupra Formentor (6,343) and Volvo XC60.

Germany

EV Central

JULY 26, 2025

But it would also be hard to find a better, more complete and enjoyable vehicle to drive be it EV, PHEV, HEV or ICE. Apart from the ludicrous M5 PHEV, the i5 M60 xDrive Touring is the only way to get into a station wagon in the 5 Series line-up. AC charging: 22kW, Type 2 plug DC charging: 205kW, CCS combo plug 0-100km/h: 3.9

BMW

EV Central

JULY 12, 2025

1150km-claim Leapmotor C10 Ultra Hybrid arrives to challenge BYD Sealion 6 and Jaecoo J7 PHEVs READ MORE: Leapmotor gets serious! Like the BEV the battery can use brake regeneration to recharge and also be plugged. READ MORE: Australia’s only range extender! 2025 Leapmotor C10 REEV Design. 2025 Leapmotor C10 REEV Design.

Australia

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

Hyundai lanched the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle—Hyundai’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle—along with the hybrid version of the seventh-generation Sonata, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The PHEV is fitted with a 9.8 The PHEV is fitted with a 9.8

PHEV

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

New work by a team at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada has found that more than one-third of Canadian buyers want a plug-in vehicle (PEV), with the majority of those (89—93%) wanting a plug-in hybrid rather than a pure electric vehicle. This group has high interest in PHEVs and is very conscious of fuel savings.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Ram Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). Chrysler Group is planning to build a total of 140 Ram PHEVs for a three-year demonstration project that includes various geographic and climatic locations across the United States. The Ram PHEV features Chrysler Group’s 5.7-liter That vehicle will debut in late 2010.

Chrysler

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

Volvo

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The plug-in hybrid version of the brand’s flagship delivers a maximum power of 245PS (180kW), making it the most powerful Tarraco produced to date. The SEAT Tarraco e-HYBRID’s plug-in hybrid system mates a 1.4 Once you’re near a power source, the battery can be plugged in and replenished in as little as 3 hours and a half using a 3.6

Hybrid

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

He argues that a diversity of electrified drivetrain types are better means of addressing climate change than “a monoculture of only BEVs” for two main reasons: Battery cell production is expensive, uses natural resources and produces significant greenhouse gases. as large as our Model X BEV.

Toyota

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Audi is systematically pursuing its electrification strategy and is now offering its large four-door A7 Sportback coupe as a powerful, efficient plug-in hybrid (PHEV). The A7 PHEV accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 With its three different driving modes, the plug-in hybrid is easy to operate in everyday use.

Audi

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

Volkswagen unveiled the new eight-generation Golf GTI, the Golf GTD and the Golf GTE plug-in hybrid via a live stream event, in place of the cancelled Geneva International Motor Show. The new Golf GTI is powered by a 180 kW (245 PS) 2.0-liter liter turbocharged direct injection engine (EA888 evo4). The maximum torque is 370 N·m.

Diesel

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2023

With plug-in hybrid drive, the new Tiguan will achieve electric ranges of up to 100 kilometers in the future. It will be offered with turbodiesel engines (TDI), turbocharged gasoline engines (TSI), mild hybrid turbocharged gasoline engines (eTSI) and plug-in hybrid systems (eHybrid).

Range

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Three of the most popular plug-in hybrids in 2020 all emitted more CO 2 than advertised when tested in the real world, according to tests commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). T&E said governments should therefore end the purchase subsidies and tax breaks for plug-in hybrids.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Components of the flex-fuel PHEV minivan. The 25 Chrysler minivans will join a fleet of 140 Ram 1500 PHEV pickup trucks ( earlier post ) that are being deployed to 12 partners including local municipalities, state governments, universities and energy companies across the United States. Click to enlarge. Electrovaya Inc. Abdullah A.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency has rated the new Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) at up to 108 MPGe city, 92 MPGe highway and 100 MPGe combined (2.2, Fusion Energi is the Ford brand’s fifth electrified vehicle to launch in the past year—and its second plug-in hybrid after the C-MAX Energi. —C.J.

Fusion

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 53 – 46 g/km) is the first of the new plug-in models from Audi. According to the standard for plug-in hybrid vehicles, fuel consumption ranges from 2.4 – 2.1 The climate control system uses a heat pump that pools the waste heat from the high-voltage components. l/100 km (98.0 – 112.0

Audi

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The HEMS, DENSO’s first such product of its kind, has optional functions that work with plug-in hybrid (PHEV) or electric (EV) vehicles. For example, users could switch on climate control systems, check whether the electrically controlled front door is properly locked, and fill the bathtub with hot water using the smartphone.

PHEV

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2020

Audi is offering its successful full-size station wagon A6 Avant as a plug-in hybrid: The new A6 Avant 55 TFSI e quattro has a system output of 270 kW (367 PS) (combined fuel consumption 2.1–1.9 The Audi A6 Avant PHEV thus has an efficient and permanently available all-wheel drive for an equally high level of traction and dynamic handling.

Audi

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Illustration of the V60 PHEV powertrain. Volvo Cars has provided more information on its V60 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), to be introduced at the Geneva Motor Show. The diesel PHEV will go on sale in 2012. The front wheels of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid will be driven by a five-cylinder 2.4-liter Click to enlarge.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2015

Compared to the gasoline-engined C 250, the Mercedes-Benz C 350 e plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) can reduce full life-cycle (manufacture, use over 200,000 km and recycling) CO 2 emissions by some 26% (9.6 The new plug-in hybrid satisfies all criteria of an environmentally responsible product development pursuant to ISO standard TR 14062.

Gasoline

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Mazda teases a new plug-in hybrid. And Polestar reveals more about its climate-neutral car project. Polestar seeks help from suppliers in building a first truly climate-neutral car by 2030—no tree-planting. Tesla gets a slap on the wrist from the EPA. VW gives the ID.4 4 a range boost.

Mazda

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

Separately, Audi of America, also part of the larger Volkswagen Group, also announced its own carbon offset program for the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid (PHEV) ( earlier post ) with 3Degrees, as well as SunPower and Bosch partnerships. Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Hybrids Plug-ins Solar Sustainability'

Audi

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2011

In a plug-in hybrid electric or electric vehicle (PEV) equipped with electric climate control systems, the traction battery is the sole on-board power source. Depleting the battery for immediate climate control results in a reduced charge-depleting (CD) range and additional battery wear.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Two recent studies explore different aspects of the use, potential impact and valuation of PHEVs. A paper by Derek Lemoine at UC Berkeley uses a real options framework to analyze the value to the consumer of PHEV battery capacity. the electric range capability—of the PHEV. Plug and play. Axsen and Kurani.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

Keeping pace with its announced intention to roll out 10 plug-in hybrids by 2017 ( earlier post ), Mercedes-Benz introduced the new GLE550 e 4MATIC plug-in hybrid (PHEV) along with the other members of the new GLE family of full-size SUVs. The GLE550 e is Mercedes-Benz’ first plug-in hybrid SUV. Mercedes-Benz GLE PHEV.

Plug-in