A simple habit is undermining the promise of plug-in hybrids. Many plug-in hybrid owners aren't plugging in their vehicles, ...

In theory, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles offer an alluring alternative to fully electric ones. They give drivers 20 to 65 miles of electric-only range for their daily use, plus a gasoline engine in ...

Pollution regulators had high hopes for plug-in hybrid cars. There's just one problem: many owners don't plug them in. Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW saved billions of dollars in emissions ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.