Submitted on Thursday 21st February 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 5th March 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ban Marketing of Hybrid Vehicles as "Self-Charging"
With the rise of plug-in hybrid vehicles, where some of the energy requirements come from the electricity grid, and full electric vehicles, there has been a rise in manufacturers/dealers marketing their standard hybrid cars as "self-charging". This is misleading, the energy still comes from petrol.
To the layman this makes them think a standard hybrid is as good as plug in hybrid because there's "no need to plug in". To make the required CO2/particulate reductions we need a step change in vehicle energy sources, not just more efficient petrol/diesel cars. This means the majority of the car energy used day to day needs to come from the electricity grid and the only way to this is with plug in hybrid cars and full electric vehicles. Marketing using the term "self-charging" slows this change.
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