2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid: 24 electric miles, and quicker

2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In HybridWhile its gasoline counterpart gets a redesign and 2022-model-year designation, the 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid gets smaller updates, including powertrain tweaks that boost power and electric range. A 2.4-liter gasoline inline-4, rated at 126 horsepower and 148 pound-feet of torque, replaces the previous 2.0-liter engine. It still...

Fresh USPS mail trucks revealed: Not all will be electric

Oshkosh USPS mail delivery truckLast month, President Biden plotted out the future for the federal vehicle fleet as American-made and all-electric. Yet the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on Tuesday awarded ten-year, multi-billion-dollar contract for next-generation postal vehicles, many of which will have engines and tailpipes. According to an announcement of the contract Tuesday...

2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo due for US deliveries this summer

2021 Porsche Taycan Cross TurismoPorsche Taycans weren’t born to be garage queens. Although they can definitely do track time and a pulse-quickening weekend drive, they can handle all the daily driving in between. Add the Cross Turismo—that’s the Taycan wagon, as some will see it, although the idea even predates the Taycan name—and the realm of possibility...

Synthetically fueled cars can be as clean as EVs, Porsche claims

1950 Porsche 356 and 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo SPorsche is launching electric cars, but the automaker is still looking for ways to keep internal-combustion engines from extinction. It now claims synthetic fuels could make internal-combustion cars as clean as EVs. Synthetic fuels will deliver an 85% reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions, Dr. Frank Walliser, Porsche vice president of motorsport...

The best-driving sedan Toyota already makes is an electric car

2021 Toyota Mirai  -  Portland ORThe 2021 Toyota Mirai I drove a few weeks ago adds to the hydrogen conundrum of the past several years—that there can exist some truly great-driving vehicles available in a small region in only one state. Yes, California and its 44 or so hydrogen stations. As the Mirai was heading away from Portland on a truck, in search of more...