Plug-in Hybrid

The new 2020 Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid model, announced last year, has finally entered showrooms in the US. Using Ford's fourth-generation hybrid technology, the Escape PHEV is rated at 100 MPGe (2.4 l/100km).

Last year, Dethleffs introduced the Globevan e.Hybrid plug-in camper van. Now British conversion shop Wellhouse Leisure launches its own Ford Transit Custom PHEV camper van, the new Misano 2 PHEV with over 300 miles of range.

VW has raised the ceiling on its SUV lineup with the new Touareg R plug-in. From downtown parking garages, to dusty outskirts of nowhere, the Touareg R puts plug-in hybrid power to use in clean-breathing city driving and quick-bursting highway power.

Volvo is known for safety, but consistently delivers some of the more well-designed luxury vehicles in the American market as well. With the 2020 S60, Volvo has found a sweet spot that combines luxury, safety, and daily driveability in a small sedan.

RV chassis builder AL-KO joins Dethleffs and OzXcorp in working toward an electric-driven camping trailer that can partially power itself. Instead of leaving out the motorized RV segment, it's also developing an electrified motorhome chassis.

The RAV4 probably wouldn't be a choice for most fun Toyota, but today Toyota injects some serious thrill-making muscle into the crossover, revealing the quickest, most powerful RAV4 ever. The 302-hp Prime is also Toyota's first plug-in hybrid RAV4.

After showing two electrified camper concepts in two years, Dethleffs brings e-power to market with the Globevan e.Hybrid camper van.

​Porsche has revealed a refreshed lineup of hybrid Cayenne SUVs for 2020, including a pair of turbo-infused models billed as the most powerful Cayennes ever made.

Mercedes redesigned the GLC-Class crossovers in 2016 and has made a few changes for the 2019 model year. We drove the GLC 350e plug-in hybrid Merc and found it to be a fun drive thanks to efficiency not being its focus. It’s enjoyable and luxurious with a couple of quirks to keep it interesting.

​Toyota has fitted out an experimental Prius with a fresh rooftop solar kit to explore the limits of sun-powered road travel. The new array will be capable of charging the vehicle while it is on the move, a feature hoped to give range and efficiency a significant boost. ​

Automakers have spent all kinds of resources previewing futuristic cars that will drive themselves. BMW takes a sharp right turn with the Vision M Next concept, exploring what the future of cars will look like for enthusiasts who want to keep their leather-clad fingers around the steering wheel.

One of the hidden gems at the 2019 Concours d'Eleganza Villa d'Este was this crazy 1182-horsepower plug-in hybrid. Built to honor the great Austro-Daimler marque, the Bergmeister ADR 630 Shooting Grand is a tarmac-tearing beast with an enormous 155-mile all-electric range.