Hybrid

Given the popularity of the all-new three-row 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, it’s no surprise details on the collective Highlander family prove a smidge tricky to translate.

For 2024, the list of qualified vehicles for federal tax rebates only includes fully electric vehicles and a small selection of plug-in hybrids.

The Prius hybrid and its Prius Prime plug-in hybrid version were fully redesigned for 2023 and roll into the 2024 model year with no significant changes beyond small price increases.

For all the clear benefits of hybridization, there are a few drawbacks — both minor and major — that should be considered before locking in your next purchase.

It doesn’t look any different, but the most affordable Lexus, the UX 300h, is getting a new hybrid system and a little more power for 2025.

The issue concerns improperly manufactured occupant classification system sensors that may cause airbags not to deploy in certain crashes.

Roughly 2.6 million vehicles across both the Honda and Acura lineups may suffer from a potentially faulty fuel pump.

The 12-volt battery cable routed outside of the body frame on model-year 2020-22 CR-V Hybrids may be missing a fuse on the power circuit.

The 2023 Prius gets better EPA combined fuel economy — 57 mpg in front-wheel-drive LE trim — than the 2022 Prius, which is rated as high as 56 mpg combined in L Eco form.

Nearly a quarter century of modern hybrids has shown that the risk of battery failure is very low for at least eight years and up to 100,000 miles.