SAN FRANCISCO—Pure electric cars are making all the headlines, but their gasoline-electric hybrid rivals quietly achieved record sales in the United States last year, industry data showed. While the likes of Tesla Inc. and Ford Motor Co. pushed for electric vehicle sales, Asian automakers boosted hybrid vehicle line-ups, as many customers still shun EVs due…

After nearly two years of working from home, the modern office and work life has evolved. Now, organizations are starting to welcome staff back into the office, setting up, or allowing employees to work from home indefinitely. Moving in 2022, it’s all about keeping your teams productive and creative regardless of their office space. In…

Hyundai feels like they have delivered the perfect SUV for you, with the new Smartstream engines packaged in traditional gasoline-only, Hybrid, and Plug-In Hybrid model lines. The Limited trim in the Hybrid line will be the focus of this review. Powering the Hybrid models is a 1.6L turbo inline-four which produces 180 horsepower and 195…

The current iteration of the Venza is powered by a hybrid system that combines a 2.5L Dynamic Force 4-cylinder engine with electric generator motors. The combined system nets 219 horsepower. Using EV, ECO, Normal, and Sport drive modes with the Electronic Continuously Variable Transmission, powering the Electronic On-Demand All-Wheel Drive, this crossover achieves 40 mpg…

Jeep’s Wrangler 4xe is powered by a 2.0-liter direct-injection Turbo PHEV engine assisted by electric drive motors and 8P75PREV 8-speed automatic transmission. This first-ever electrified Wrangler will be initially offered in three trim levels: Sahara 4xe, Rubicon 4xe, and High Altitude 4xe. Focus for this column will be on the Rubicon. The gas-electric hybrid Wrangler…

Lexus introduced the world’s first luxury hybrid vehicle — a gas/electric RX- – more than a decade ago. The new RX 450h introduced today in this column is a perfect reflection of the hybrid leader position cemented by its first generation predecessor. The new RX is powered by Lexus Hybrid Drive. The D4-S 3.5-liter V6…

Salesforce.com Inc. on Thursday raised its full-year revenue forecast, as the pandemic-led shift to hybrid work fueled demand for its cloud-based software. Shares of the company were up 2.4 percent at $265.4 in premarket trading. The business software maker’s revenue has gone from strength to strength over the past year, with the rise of automation…

Video is undoubtedly here to stay. The data says it all: 96 percent of people who started working remotely due to COVID-19 want to continue working at least some of the time remotely for the rest of their careers, according to Buffer. A McKinsey report also cites that 30 percent of employees say they’re likely…

MUNICH—Great Wall Motor will launch an electric compact car and a plug-in hybrid SUV in Europe in 2022, it said on Monday, joining a growing number of Chinese carmakers trying their luck on the continent with low or zero-emission vehicles. The company said at the IAA car show in Munich it will start taking orders…