New Report: The Best Hybrid and Electric Cars

As the major U.S. automakers make moves to pivot toward producing more energy-efficient vehicles, you may have thought about making the switch from gas-powered to an electric or hybrid car yourself. But which one would you choose?

U.S. News & World Report recently released its list of the best electric and hybrid vehicles, crowning winners in eight categories.

In deciding which vehicles were the best, U.S. News evaluated 82 cars based on metrics such as price, charging rate, fuel economy, range data and the cars’ overall score from the U.S. News Best Car Rankings.

And the Awards for Best Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Go To …

The Kia EV6 wins the Best Electric Vehicle award, and the Hyundai Tucson Hybrid takes the Best Plug-In Hybrid award.

Toyota earned the most awards of any brand as its Prius and RAV4 took the top prizes for Best Hybrid Car and Best Hybrid SUV respectively.

“There’s been a significant increase in the demand for electric vehicles, and they have more appeal than ever as gas prices rise and consumers look for cars with a low carbon footprint,” Jim Sharifi, managing editor of U.S. News Best Cars, says in a news release

These Electric and Hybrid Cars Are Tops

Should You Buy an Electric Vehicle?

Money expert Clark Howard says, “The electric vehicle market and what you buy depends so much on how many miles you’re driving per day.”

“If you’re driving a relatively small number of miles a day, then you can go way back in model years … but if you drive a more moderate number of miles per day, you want to look at … maybe a 2015 to 2017 used vehicle purchase.”

New and used vehicles are costly right now, but Clark says there’s a chance that prices could normalize later this year.

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