Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
I agree that it's a bit of greenwashing to try to convince the car manufacturers.
I dislike the misuse or terminology here.
Nobody is really pretending that the new hybrid units "save environment" / make the WRC more eco-friendly.

There is a small point with the electric only mode that is meant to not disturb neigbours (but you see here some people consider it bad that a rally car doesn't disturb everyone in the neigborhood on a road section, those should talk with rally organizers).

The main reason for the hybrid is so that manus can show that the car is "similar" to what they are trying to sell.
Problem is that hybrid (especially mild-hybrid) is now "old" established tech found in basically every car.