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Ferrariā€™s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. A hybrid Chevrolet Corvette is expected to deliver about 662 kW (900 hp), even as its GM parent readies a 1,014-hp GMC Hummer EV. Gasoline is just a fantastic storage device for energy.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

My friend (same one who made the ice cream truck sound effect comment to me) asked me if this was some kind of conspiracy from gasoline advocates to try and further delay mass acceptance of EVs. I didnt know what else to tell him other than, "I hadnt thought about that".

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