Show Notes
Gas prices are surging. There’s war in the Middle East and the world is a very uncertain place. Maybe now is the time to buy a hybrid, or perhaps an EV? This week Host Greg Migliore talks to Joseph Yoon of Edmunds to break down what surging fuel prices mean for your next car purchase.
In this week’s gear test, Greg sampled spray-on wax and paint correction products from and Mothers’ California Gold Car Care Collection.
In the AutoGuide Garage, Greg has been driving the Rivian R1T and our road test editor Kyle Patrick joins to talk about his time in the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid.
We close things out with the mailbag, where we ponder the fortunes of Lucid, Rivian, Scout and more.
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