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Sorry but these articles praising hybrids never mention two important things... 1) Hybrid demand is partly driven by the manufactures who need to meet governme
by hnburnsy 2y ago
Sorry but these articles praising hybrids never mention two important things...
1) Hybrid demand is partly driven by the manufactures who need to meet government fuel economy standards.
2) People don't plug in their hybrids, thus the vehicles are not actually meeting those standards in the real world...
>The analysis of the new datasets presents strong evidence that real-world electric drive share is far below the utility factor label rating. Specifically, the analysis finds that real-world electric drive share may be 26%–56% lower and real-world fuel consumption may be 42%–67% higher than assumed within EPA’s labeling program for light duty vehicles.
https://theicct.org/publication/real-world-phev-us-dec22/?utm_source=syndication https://theicct.org/publication/real-world-phev-us-dec22/?ut...
- floxy 2y ago>2) People don't plug in their hybrids Does anyone know why they don't? It seems strange to me that you would pay extra for a feature, and then not use it. But maybe these people are getting governmental subsidies that end up lowering the cost below the gas-only version of the same vehicle? So they never really had an intention to plug in to begin with?
- hnburnsy 2y agoCar manufactures wont say... >Plug-In Hybrids: Do They Get Plugged In? Even Carmakers Won't Say >Without data from carmakers showing drivers plug them in, plug-in hybrids may only be compliance cars that do little to cut emissions. https://insideevs.com/features/727919/phev-plugged-in-user-data https://insideevs.com/features/727919/phev-plugged-in-user-d...