Volvo is paying plug-in hybrid drivers for all the electricity they use

2018 Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design with Polestar optimizationAs Volvo sees it, plug-in hybrids are the path toward achieving one of its high-aiming carbon-reduction goals—making fully electric cars half of its sales by 2025. To do so, the automaker plans to nudge its portion of PHEVs in the U.S. over the next 16 months, to 20 percent, up from about 4 percent today. But it also knows that plug-in...

2020 Porsche Taycan 4S: Lower-priced version might offer longest range

2020 Porsche Taycan 4SPorsche’s Turbo models have always been among the more exclusive, expensive models from the German sports-car maker, and now this ring true for its Taycan electric car, too: Not all Taycans will be Turbos. Porsche Monday announced that soon after the introduction of the 2020 Porsche Taycan, a Taycan 4S model will slot below the Taycan Turbo...