Editor’s note: This was one of Mr. Roadshow’s favorite columns and stories from more than 30 years of informing, entertaining and getting things changed for Bay Area (and beyond) drivers. It was ...

Q: I bought a new plug-in Prius in late 2019, primarily to take advantage of the carpool sticker benefits on my looong commute from Pittsburg to South San Francisco. It had grown to be two to 2½ hours ...

Toyota’s redesigned 2004 Prius hybrid is bigger, more powerful and more fuel efficient than the current version, but Toyota says the base price will remain unchanged at $20,480 ($19,995 plus Toyota’s ...

Hybrid and electric passenger cars have been getting a lot of attention lately since the announcement by GM that it was working on the electric-hybrid Chevy Volt. But there’s a huge market in ...