CelloMom On Cars on Nostr: You will hear the EV haters make much of the plug-in hybrids fuel consumption. "Until ...

You will hear the EV haters make much of the plug-in hybrids fuel consumption.

"Until now it has been claimed by manufacturers that the vehicles used only a little or almost no fuel when in the electric mode. The studies showed that this was not in fact the case.

According to the study, the vehicles require on average six litres per 100km, or about 300%, more fuel to run than previously cited."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/plug-in-hybrids-use-three-times-more-fuel-than-manufacturers-claim-analysis-finds

Sounds bad, right?
But let's look at the numbers.