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.
Still less polluting than petrol and diesel, so that’s good. They also don’t exhaust fine dust as much, which helps health.
That said, the ideal would be an approach of STOP priority in designing roads and cities:
Can you elaborate on the don’t exhaust fine dust part? The combustion engine part of the hybrid will still have those particulates?
Hybrids use regenerative braking for the majority of their deceleration. There are Priuses (Priui?) with 200K+ kilometres on original brakes. The dust that brake pads shed is fairly harmful, so it’s nice that they produce less.
EVs still have fine dust, due to tyres wearing down.
It’s a lot less than ICE emissions, but yeah, still not nothing…
Less than ice emissions, but far from a negligible amount.
Yes, but as they’re hybrid and will use the green method before switching over to combustion, that will still be less, I think.