{"id":245741,"date":"2024-02-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/plug-in-hybrids-are-they-really-a-solution-to-reducing-emissions\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T17:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T17:04:42","slug":"plug-in-hybrids-are-they-really-a-solution-to-reducing-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/plug-in-hybrids-are-they-really-a-solution-to-reducing-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Plug-in Hybrids: Are They Really a Solution to Reducing Emissions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It\u2019s immediately clear how fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can help reduce emissions; eliminating gasoline and tailpipes in favor of increasingly clean electricity helps limit both climate change and air pollution. Plug-in hybrids are a bit more complicated. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (or PHEV) has both a gasoline engine and one or more battery-powered electric motors. The battery in a PHEV can be charged using grid electricity just like a fully electric vehicle but a PHEV can continue driving when the battery is low on charge by switching to the gasoline engine (either to generate electricity for the motors or to directly drive the wheels). \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BEV or PHEV? Yes!<\/h2>\n<p>Recently General Motors made headlines in saying they are looking at restarting production of PHEVs after moving to only BEVs in 2019. Does this mean they are moving backwards on&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/dave-reichmuth\/plug-in-hybrids-are-they-really-a-solution-to-reducing-emissions\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at blog.ucsusa.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s immediately clear how fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can help reduce emissions; eliminating gasoline and tailpipes in favor of increasingly clean electricity helps limit both climate change and air pollution. Plug-in hybrids are a bit more complicated. 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