PARIS, Nov 4 — Hybrid cars are increasingly popular in the European Union as eco-conscious drivers turn away from their more polluting petrol and diesel counterparts, but environmentalists warn they’re not as green as they seem. Sales of the cars, which use both a conventional combustion engine...
PARIS, Nov 4 — Hybrid cars are increasingly popular in the European Union as eco-conscious drivers turn away from their more polluting petrol and diesel counterparts, but environmentalists warn they’re not as green as they seem.
Close to 40 per cent were petrol-powered, 17.6 per cent diesel and just 9.8 per cent were fully electric. Greenpeace and the pressure group Transport & Environment believe that hybrids actually slow down this transition. But Philippe Degeilh, an engineer at IFP Energies Nouvelles , an energy, transport and environment research group, said people just need to be educated in how to use hybrids correctly.
As the EU plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel engines from 2035, some of the auto industry wants to ensure a role for hybrids.
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