Misleading Plug-in Hybrid Emissions Figures Risk Cheating Consumers, T&E Warns

CleanTechnica
By Transport & Environment…Oct 14, 2026, 7:31 pm277 ptsTop
T&E urges governments to uphold the next correction of the PHEV CO2 accounting rules to drive PHEV improvements and avoid cheating consumers. Powering a PHEV costs drivers up to €680 more a year than carmakers claim. The gap between plug-in hybrids’ official CO₂ figures and their real-world emissions is…

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