Available exclusively as a hybrid as of its 2025 model year redesign, the 2026 Toyota Camry returns with a Dark Cosmos exterior color available for SE, XLE, and XSE grades. There’s also a new Nightshade Edition with dark badging, exterior trim, and black 19-inch wheels.

Cutting the fuel economy standards is unlikely to provide any fast relief on sticker prices, said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds’ head of insights. And while looser standards may eventually mean lower car prices, their lower efficiency means that those savings could be eaten up by higher fuel costs, she said.

The president said he would weaken Biden-era mileage standards, which were designed to increase electric-vehicle sales, calling them a “scam.”

With hybrids, a tank of gas stretches longer than non-hybrids, which means fewer trips to the gas station. When actually plugged in regularly, plug-in hybrids drastically reduce your fill-up frequency, and full EVs can be life changers.

Some council members say allowing autonomous vehicles would put thousands of mostly immigrant Uber and Lyft drivers out of work.

Now that bad weather is in full swing, even before it's officially winter, it's time to set your car shopping focus on some of the best vehicles that can handle the cold, wet, and icy stuff better than most.