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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Data from independent organisations suggests Hybrids don't actually prevent as much emissions on average over traditional ICE cars as thought in real-world use | Just Have A Think (www.youtube.com)

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How? A 200hp hybrid puts out less emissions than a 200hp ice.

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net [S] 7 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Per the study, most owners of hybrids are not effectively utilizing their hybrids in ways that actually drastically reduce carbon emissions, only a minority do.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago

I don't think this was the case early on. Prius owners were the hypermiles thing sorta got going.

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