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Yet another study shows plug-in hybrids aren’t as clean as we thought

Baua Electric

Multiple recent studies have shown that in the real world, plug-in hybrids pollute much more than their labels would indicate – though still less than pure-fossil vehicles – both because they overstate their capabilities in electric-only mode and because people simply don’t plug them in. Gaps fell between 176% (Finland), up to 287% (Poland).

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

Cars That Think

In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours. Batteries and diesel backup generators are designed to power the plant’s cooling systems for 10 days.

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