An article in The Guardian reports that research by Austria’s Graz University of Technology has shown that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) emit far more CO2 than they claim in their sales brochures. Most emit 20-70% more and the BMW 3 Series was 311% its claims.
The article gives some good oversight on how the car industry is essentially failing to deliver on its commitments while all the time making plenty of green claims. It seems to be one of the biggest greenwashers of them all.
What the article fails to mention is that EVs of any kind should only be seen as an option of last resort and we need to reduce usage of and reliance on all personal vehicles of this nature.
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