Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Videos , Chevrolet , GM , Electric Chevy Volt track testing – Click above to watch the video after the break Fuel efficient cars are slow, right? Just ask Jeremy Clarkson, who famously pitted a Toyota Prius against a BMW M3 around a test track to prove that the hybrid isn’t very efficient when pushed to its limit. While it’s true that hybrids and diesels have a reputation for being more than a bit poky in the name of saving a few gallons of gas, each generation seems to improve in that regard, and GM is hoping that the upcoming Chevy Volt will abolish that preconceived notion altogether. Witness this video for proof, where, as GM puts it, the Volt ‘burns rubber without burning gas.’ Here we see the car’s chief engineer Andrew Farah wring the electric car around a series of orange cones making up a test track at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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VIDEO: Chevy Volt squeals tires around the track