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T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

Green Car Congress

Three of the most popular plug-in hybrids in 2020 all emitted more CO 2 than advertised when tested in the real world, according to tests commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). Plug-in hybrids are fake electric cars, built for lab tests and tax breaks, not real driving.

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2021’s Rebelle Rally Shows That EVs & PHEVs Can Compete, Even In The Harshest Environments

CleanTechnica EVs

2021’s Rebelle Rally did something no previous year’s contest did: it proved that electrified vehicles (including full EVs) are able to hold their own against gas-powered vehicles, even far away from the interstates. Not only did an electrified vehicle win, but full EVs (not a hybrid of any kind) made a strong showing.

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DS brand accelerating development of electric cars

Green Car Congress

This became very clear to the DS Performance teams from the outset of their Formula E involvement and this invaluable data has advanced the know-how of the DS engineering team working on the road car’s gasoline-electric hybrid project. —Xavier Mestelan Pinon, DS Performance director.

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Safest EVs, VW ID.4 update, Honda fuel-cell PHEV, Fiat’s EV future: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Renault brought back a hot-hatch design from decades ago, in the form of the Renault 5 E-Tech EV —at a lower price than any electric car currently offered in the U.S. GMC Hummer EV The 2024 GMC Hummer EV is in the company of gas-guzzlers on the latest list of “meanest” vehicles for the environment.

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How Does the Electric Car Tax Credit Work in 2023?

Setec Powerr

One such incentive is the electric car tax credit, designed to help offset the initial cost of EVs for buyers. Section 1: Overview of the Electric Car Tax Credit in 2023 1.1 Section 2: Eligibility Requirements for the Electric Car Tax Credit in 2023 2.1

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Tech: Don’t Believe These 5 Plug-In Hybrid Myths!

Clean Fleet Report

Diffusing Disinformation on PHEVs. The rise of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have fans professing its technological wonders, while looking down at plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). While BEVs use a battery-powered motor to power the vehicle, PHEVs have both a battery/electric motor and a gas engine to power them.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

Green Car Congress

2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km—0.5

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