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Range Rover Sport gets electric power: plug-in hybrid SUV promises 101mpg

Range Rover Sport gets electric power

The environmental performance of Land Rovers has come a long way since 2005, when protestors from Greenpeace declared the company’s Solihull fact
Published 08 October 2017
Top five best hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars

Top five best hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars

It doesn't seem that long ago that the Noughties rolled in and some of Hollywood's best-known A-listers tried their hand at evangelicalism, warni
Published 11 August 2017
High voltage: all Volvos will be electric by 2021

All Volvos will be electrified from 2019

Volvo says all the cars it launches from 2019 will be hybrid or electric, with the phasing out of vehicles powered solely by combustion engines.
Published 06 July 2017
Car market surges as private buyers plug in

Car market surges as private buyers plug in

Private buyers are continuing to fuel a surge in new car sales. After a record year for new registrations in 2016 when sales rose by 2.3 per cent
Published 14 February 2017
First Drive Review: 2017 Toyota Prius Plug-in

First Drive Review: 2017 Toyota Prius Plug-in

Toyota has been watching the recent commotion around diesel, which we now all know is the fuel of the devil, with some interest, not least
Published 08 February 2017
Hyundai Ioniq hybrid first drive review by The Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: Hyundai Ioniq hybrid

If you can hear a faint whining and whistling in the background, don’t start Googling tinnitus and resist the urge to waggle your fingers in your...
Published 05 July 2016

Extended test: Audi and BMW plug-in hybrid cars

Plug-in hybrid cars are catching on. Sales are soaring, up five times since 2014, although admittedly that’s like saying sales of ice cream in the...
Published 15 June 2016
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Letters of the week, January 24

This week: child seats, stop-start engines, plug-in hybrids, vehicle tax and clamping
Published 25 January 2016
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Car of the Week: 2017 BMW i8 Spyder

German car maker BMW has confirmed it will show a convertible version of the i8 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which takes place next month...
Published 28 December 2015
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Dom Joly review: 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV

Mitsubishi. Just mentioning the name sends a curious shiver through our household...
Published 15 December 2015
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Interview: Nissan's electric car chief on new Leaf...

If the Frankfurt motor show is anything to go by, plug-in cars are still very much part of car makers' plans for the near future. In fact, after Tesla...
Published 16 September 2015
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Driving Green: What are plug-in hybrid cars?

The problem with conventional hybrids is that they rely largely on an internal combustion engine for motive power...
Published 05 August 2015