Plug-in Hybrid

It's been a long time since the P1, but McLaren has finally brought a hybrid supercar into full production. The 671-hp Artura introduces an all-new 120-degree twin-turbo V6, with electric assistance, and a whole new, smarter, vehicle platform.

When the current-generation RAV4 crossover was introduced in 2019, Toyota promised both a hybrid and a plug-in hybrid option. We’ve driven both as 2021 model year offerings. Here’s what we learned about Toyota’s electrified RAV4s.

BMW has been slowly electrifying all of its vehicles. The small X3 crossover has been a popular staple in the automaker's lineup for a few years, offering family-sized luxury with BMW’s signature driver’s focus. Now the X3 has a plug-in option, the X3 Hybrid.

You won't be able buy any of Lynk & Co's vehicles at a dealership, with the company opting to build a community of subscribers to its mobility platform. Now that platform is due to roll out in European cities, starting with Amsterdam next month.

Mere days after Jeep veered its plug-in hybrid tech deeper off-road with the Wrangler 4xe, Land Rover joins it with a plug-in off-roader all its own, the Defender 400e. The 400e tops the 2021 Defender range not only in efficiency but also in power.

Jeep’s new 4xe sub-brand of electrified vehicles has added the iconic Wrangler to its growing list of plug-ins. The Wrangler 4xe boasts up to 25 miles (40 km) of all-electric mobility and an estimated 50 MPGe (4.7 l/100km).

The current-generation Mitsubishi Outlander was introduced in 2014 and a plug-in hybrid model (PHEV) arrived shortly thereafter. The PHEV combines the best of both worlds, offering the experience of all-electric driving with the assurance of longer range via a gasoline engine. We jumped behind the wheel to put it through its paces.

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.