Hybrid

Vehicles

in the automotive world. Hybrids are no

longer fringe players Rather, gasoline-electric
powertrains are trending toward the norm,
with many automakers offering multiple
hybrid options in their vehicle lines. Some
are traditional setups that rely solely on a
vehicle's internal combustion engine to
charge the battery pack, which then
subsequently powers one or more electric
drive motors. Others include external charge
ports and relatively large-capacity battery
packs as a means of offering some degree of
electric-only driving. These vehicles, known
as plug-in hybrids or PHEVs, are also
capable of performing like run-of-the-mill
hybrid vehicles.

While many hybrids favor fuel efficiency

over outright performance, not all do. For
example, the plug-in McLaren Arturo is a
bonafide sports car that also happens to
feature an electric motor and battery pack that
can either motor the mid-engine Mecca about
for short distances or assist the internal
combustion engine during dynamic driving.

With so many hybrid vehicles available, it's

difficult to distinguish the merely good from
the utterly great. That's why we put
practically every hybrid vehicle through our
comprehensive testing regimen. The hybrids
on our 2023 Editors' Choice list are the cream
of the crop. These vehicles don't just
understand the assignment, they also just
about ace it.