Toyota 120-mile PHEVs, Corolla Cross Hybrid drive, Kia robotaxi, electrical Lyft rides: In the present day’s Automobile Information

Toyota sees 125-mile plug-in hybrids as a part of the longer term. Lyft is planning on much more electrical rides. Kia ramps up its EV plans. And we drove the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automobile Stories. 

In a assessment of the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, we discovered this small crossover (or boxy wagon) to optimize worth and gasoline effectivity—with a sticker value beginning beneath $30,000 and as much as 42 mpg. Simply don’t anticipate refinement or efficiency to be luxury-level. 

Toyota on Friday morning revealed that it plans to push plug-in hybrid electrical vary past 120 miles. With the redesigned Prius Prime arriving at 44 miles and the RAV4 Prime at 42 miles, that will be a giant change in packaging versus present PHEVs. 

Kia earlier this week boosted its EV targets—to 1.6 million EVs yearly by 2030, up from its 1.2 million goal for 2030 introduced final 12 months. That features a household of future purpose-built EV, amongst them a robotaxi. 

Lyft has introduced a serious growth of its EV- and hybrid-exclusive ride-hailing companies. Termed Gren mode, it provides $1 to every experience with the intention of boosting the variety of EVs within the fleet. 

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