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To meet stricter fuel-economy standards, carmakers will have to rely more on all varieties of electrification in the coming years. That means more battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell cars, but ...

Electric cars won’t only be good for the environment — they’ll be good for your power-hungry tendencies, too. As per a new report from the New York Times, companies are looking to turn away from the ...

If certain suppliers have their way, not all future hybrids will have large battery packs, or the ability to drive only on electric power for appreciable distances. But they could still have a ...

The next-generation Volkswagen Golf will get a 48-volt mild-hybrid system. Adding the system to its global bestseller will go a long way toward meeting VW’s ambitious electrification goals, even if a ...

The Vienna Motor Symposium is where Volkswagen likes to show all its boring but useful new engine tech. That's where the 1.0 TSI was revealed, together with the gas-powered TGI units and the first ...

With fuel economy regulations tightening and connectivity and autonomous-driving capability proliferating, the old-fashioned 12-volt automobile electrical system has reached the end of the road.

Mild hybrids might not bring a whole load of electrification to the table, but the benefits are still quite apparent. Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car ...

Toyota says it’s time to stop calling mild-hybrids the real thing, arguing that 48-volt systems don’t deserve the hybrid badge and only mislead customers. Toyota says the word hybrid is being thrown ...

Tesla surprised many people in March 2023 when it announced switching to a 48-volt electrical architecture with the Cybertruck. Later, Tesla sent the 48-volt architecture white papers to several car ...

Continental has developed an innovative 48-volt drive system with a 30 kW electric motor and will premiere the powertrain at September’s Frankfurt Auto Show. According to the company, its cutting-edge ...