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GM boss confirms hybrid Corvette due in 2023

Enlarge / Moving from front- to mid-engined was quite a change for Corvette fans—now we’ll see how they respond to a hybrid version. (credit: Chevrolet) On Monday, General Motors President Mark Reuss used LinkedIn to confirm one of the worst-kept secrets in Detroit: There will be a hybrid Chevrolet Corvette on sale next year. Reuss […]

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Meet 2022’s World Rally cars: Much more power, much more sustainable

Enlarge / Sébastien Loeb (FRA) and Isabelle Galmiche (FRA) of team M-Sport Ford World Rally Team are seen performing during the World Rally Championship Monte Carlo in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on January 20. (credit: Jaanus Ree/Red Bull Content Pool) The 2022 World Rally Championship got underway on Thursday with the first night stages of the […]

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More EVs, hybrids likely to follow revised EPA fuel economy standards

Enlarge (credit: Luke Sharrett via Getty Images ) The Environmental Protection Agency today announced more stringent fuel economy requirements that will require passenger vehicles to travel 70 percent farther on a gallon of gasoline. The Biden administration introduced earlier this year that it would be revising the Trump-era specifications, which sought to increase fleet average […]

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The 2021 Honda Accord Hybrid is a mile-munching gas-sipper

This is the 2021 Honda Accord Hybrid, a 48 mpg sedan (unless, like here, it’s in Touring trim, in which case it’s a 44 mpg sedan thanks to bigger wheels and tires). [credit: Honda ] Back in 2018, I tried out the 10th-generation Honda Accord and came away impressed. Sedans might have lost their allure […]