This should delight the climate-denying, anti-EV brigade. Although will they believe a left-wing source?

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds
Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/16/plug-in-hybrids-pollute-almost-as-much-as-petrol-cars-report-finds

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swirlie · 31-35

I have done a lot of research on the issue of hybrid pollution. Turns out, a standard gasoline-driven engine is about 5 times more efficient than the type of gas engine that used in all hybrid cars, which means the hybrid cars that use gas engines have about as much fuel efficiency a common gasoline powered lawnmower by comparison.

The whole concept of hybrid cars was to strike a balance between partial fuel and partial EV, aimed at a target audience who were paranoid about running out of fuel with no charging station in sight.

The bottom line is, either go FULL Petrol with no hybrid, or go FULL EV with no gas engine, because the hybrid gas engine by it's very design is highly inefficient when it is operating and is the sole source powering your car.