Data shows PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol and diesel cars, an analysis by the non-profit advocacy group Transport and Environment found on Thursday. Under laboratory tests, they were assumed to be 75% less polluting.
Data shows PHEVs emit just 19% less CO2 than petrol and diesel cars, an analysis by the non-profit advocacy group Transport and Environment found on Thursday. Under laboratory tests, they were assumed to be 75% less polluting.
Yeah, their real world usage has a huge variance. My parents had one for like a decade and almost never filled it with gas, almost only drove it as an EV. But when they bought it, the previous owner had apparently used it as a pure petrol car … and the petrol engine had terrible efficiency.