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'Placebo': Hybrid Cars Are 'Irrelevant' As Calls Grow to Ditch Petrol and Diesel for EVs

18 Apr 2022 | Abstracted from Express

"Hybrid vehicles were once seen as the fuel type to help bridge the gap between petrol and diesel cars and electric vehicles, but now have been branded an "unnecessary distraction". Aidan McClean, founder and CEO of UFODRIVE, Europe's largest all electric car hire company, has slammed hybrid cars, saying they are hindering the progress towards complete electrification.

"They are a placebo, and an unnecessary distraction from going full electric and seeing real, measurably positive impacts for carbon emissions and therefore the climate.

“If people go hybrid, they think they may not need to go fully electric as they are 'doing their bit' - without doing very much at all."

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