>One study, from the International Council on Clean Transportation last September, said PHEVs’ fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are up to four times the level they are approved for because people do not charge them often enough.
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>Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and e-mobility at European NGO Transport & Environment, said its own research showed that when driven in combustion-engine mode, hybrids’ CO2 emissions were higher than conventional cars’ – they’re heavier than combustion-only cars so used more fuel.
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>”From the perspective of environment and climate, today’s plug-in hybrid technology is worse than what it is replacing.”
More bike lanes and public transit please.
You’d think by now we’ve learned that cars are the least efficient way to transport people. And considering how much space their infrastructure take; they don’t work well with older European cities.
“or plugin hybrids” takes the gloss of it. Plug-in hybrid means “it burns petrol, but pretends the owner might plug it in some time”.
I am sure the plugin hybrids are a BIG part of those, they should be really separated to be able to understand the numbers well.
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source:[https://insideevs.com/news/563926/europe-plugin-car-sales-december2021/](https://insideevs.com/news/563926/europe-plugin-car-sales-december2021/)
in case some would claim”this is due to falling car sales”
car sales fell 29% compared to December 2019
so the overall car market being weak plays a role,but it doesn’t explain all the electric car growth
Good news, especially the accelleration is promising
Well, electric cars are good news. Hybrids? Not that much.
From a [2021 article](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/once-green-plug-in-hybrid-cars-suddenly-look-like-dinosaurs-europe-2021-04-12/):
>One study, from the International Council on Clean Transportation last September, said PHEVs’ fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are up to four times the level they are approved for because people do not charge them often enough.
>
>Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and e-mobility at European NGO Transport & Environment, said its own research showed that when driven in combustion-engine mode, hybrids’ CO2 emissions were higher than conventional cars’ – they’re heavier than combustion-only cars so used more fuel.
>
>”From the perspective of environment and climate, today’s plug-in hybrid technology is worse than what it is replacing.”
More bike lanes and public transit please.
You’d think by now we’ve learned that cars are the least efficient way to transport people. And considering how much space their infrastructure take; they don’t work well with older European cities.
“or plugin hybrids” takes the gloss of it. Plug-in hybrid means “it burns petrol, but pretends the owner might plug it in some time”.
I am sure the plugin hybrids are a BIG part of those, they should be really separated to be able to understand the numbers well.