“Rechargeable hybrids are a consumer fraud,” say representatives of the Swiss company Impact Living. Their measurements prove it. The canton of Valais did not hesitate and cut off the plug-in hybrids from the subsidies after the publication of the results of the study.
Emissions An analysis of the actual consumption of plug-in hybrids over three months in the mountainous Swiss region of Valais did not show any positive impact on the environment. Their exhausts emit as much CO2 as the exhausts of conventional cars.
Plug-in hybrids, ie rechargeable hybrids, should be an intermediate stage in the transition from cars with internal combustion engines to clean electric cars. They allow purely electric propulsion for short distances, such as in the city, and hybrid for longer ones. However, they are often criticized. For example, Transporta & Environment and Greenpeace called them “wolves in the robe of the lamb” in 2020. This is based on an analysis that showed that even with a fully charged battery, they produce 28 to 89% more CO2 per kilometer than they declare, and even when discharged, they even produce 300 to 800% more! In addition, motorists do not charge them.
“Plug-in hybrids are fake electric cars built for lab tests and tax breaks, not real environmental protection,” said Julia Poliscanova, director of clean vehicles at T&E. At the same time, she recommended that governments immediately stop subsidizing these cars with billions of euros in taxpayers’ money. However, no one has yet agreed on this, as it is clear that without plug-in hybrids and their paper numbers in the CO2 column, it is not possible to meet the EU’s ambitious transport targets. But now there has been a turning point.
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The Swiss canton of Valais in the south of the country has actually canceled subsidies for rechargeable hybrids in its region. Not because he doesn’t want to subsidize cleaner technologies, but because he doesn’t consider the plug-in hybrid clean. Representatives of the canton have commissioned a study from Impact Living, which helps clients transition to ecological solutions. Its results essentially confirm previous findings. Plug-in hybrids have shown no benefits. “These vehicles do not allow any improvement in the environment,” Marc Muller, one of the study’s authors, told RTS radio. “It’s a consumer fraud,” he added.
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Impact Living recorded data on the consumption of 20 plug-in hybrids and 15 conventional cars running in the mountainous region of Valais, which should be ideal for energy recovery, over a period of three months. Unfortunately, quantitative results, ie the measurement of actual fuel consumption, have shown that plug-in hybrids are really far from the declared numbers and represent very few or even no advantages, compared to a conventional car. According to Imapct Living, plug-in hybrids achieved average CO2 emissions of 118 g per kilometer.
All of them declare less than 50 g / 100 km, on the basis of which they claim subsidies of 2,500 Swiss francs (€ 2,407) if they weigh up to 3.5 tonnes and 5,000 francs (€ 4,814) if their weight higher. Valias Frederic Favre, Chairman of the Canton Council, called the results a disaster and the decision to “cut off” plug-in hybrids from subsidies was almost a must. “We cannot support tools that do not allow us to achieve the goals we have set,” Favre concluded uncompromisingly. The question is whether the Valais region will be followed by other cantons and whether this is not the beginning of the end of plug-in hybrids in Switzerland. Without subsidies, there will probably be no interest in them.
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