While most hybrids are said to use one to two litres of fuel per 100km, a study claims they need six litres on average
Plug-in hybrid electric cars (PHEVs) use much more fuel on the road than officially stated by their manufacturers, a large-scale analysis of about a million vehicles of this type has shown.
The Fraunhofer Institute carried out what is thought to be the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, using the data transmitted wirelessly by PHEVs from a variety of manufacturers while they were on the road.
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According to the study, the vehicles require on average six litres per 100km, or about 300%, more fuel to run than previously cited.
The scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute found that the main reason for the higher-than-stated fuel usage was due precisely to the fact that the PHEVs use two different modes, the electric engine and the combustion engine, switching between both. 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.
My 2003 petrol car gets 6 litres per 100km. Even if the PHEVs are running like a normal hybrid 100% of the time, that economy is trash.
My 2006 diesel swallows 5.1L/100km, and it fits 7 people inside. New cars are mastodontic for no fucking reason
Your diesel spews huge levels of dangerous pollutants far worse than more C02 from modern cars.
Which is why diesel cars are fitted with high efficiency filters.
My diesel is prominently used in inter-town roads, not in towns themselves, where such pollutants like nitrous oxides affect a much less significant amount of humans. Also, it cost me 2000€ + 1500€ in repairs.