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		Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars (theguardian.com)
		5 points by rippeltippel 43 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

foxyv 42 days ago [–]

The article they are paraphrasing can be found here:

https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smoke-screen-t...

Essentially PHEVs are a marginal improvement over Hybrids. The infographic summarizes this best: https://images.transportenvironment.org/images/2025_09_PHEV_...

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