A mild-hybrid car features a small 48-volt electric motor which boosts economy and lowers emissions, but which ones are the ...

The Jeep Compass doesn't get a ton of respect. It's an entry-level vehicle that is filling the gap between the loved Renegade ...

One of the, let's say, peculiarities of the Car and Driver style guide is that we generally don't separate "mild hybrids" from their more traditional counterparts. Yes, so-called mild hybrids do ...

Nearly 20 years ago, General Motors introduced an available alternator-starter hybrid system in the 2007 Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura, and Saturn Vue. Though GM marketed these models as hybrids ...

Unlike a full hybrid, mild-hybrid vehicles can't cruise along on just electric power. Instead, the system allows the gasoline engine to shut off when the vehicle is stopped.

Honda's IMA hybrid system has always been a lower cost system than the ones from Toyota and others, being more of a mild hybrid (although not as mild as GM belt-alternator-starter setup ...

However, the plug-in was not the only powertrain on offer, the other power unit being a newly developed inline-six mild hybrid that can be ordered in standard output or high output. In addition to ...

Despite its AMG badging this still isn’t a full-blown ‘63’-engined E-class, rather it features Mercedes’ new halfway-house ‘53’ mild-hybrid power unit and replaces the outgoing ‘43 ...

A mild-hybrid vehicle uses an internal-combustion engine mated to a small 48-volt electric motor to help lower emissions and boost claimed fuel economy. The benefits are for driving around town as ...

Such setups, sometimes referred to as "mild hybrids," are effectively advanced stop-start systems, with the electric motor's high-voltage subsystems affording a near-seamless transition between the ...