Are plug-in hybrids just as polluting as petrol cars?

Update: 2025-10-22

Description

There is research from Brussels think tank Transport & Environment suggesting that plug-in hybrids are just as polluting as petrol cars.

Neil Briscoe is a motoring expert and writes extensively on this for The Irish Times. And given his knowledge of motoring and our transition to EVs, were the findings a surprise to him?

In the second part of the podcast, host Ciarán Hancock speaks to Cliff Taylor of The Irish Times about an upgrade to Irish growth forecasts by stockbroker Goodbody and some research from Ibec on hybrid working, suggesting that employees are expected to attend the office on more days each week.

Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comments

In Channel

Will the Government’s new plan speed up the delivery of vital infrastructure projects?

2025-12-0339:08

If Irish households are so rich, why does it feel like an illusion?

2025-11-2638:24

How AI is beginning to wreak havoc in the jobs market

2025-11-1933:56

Irish business grandee Gary McGann on working with Michael Smurfit, the fall of Anglo Irish and the current state of the Irish economy

2025-11-1201:01:08

Will Imagine’s big gamble double its customer base?

2025-11-0536:58

Tom O’Brien of Nephin Energy on the importance of gas, the potential of biomethane, and whether our energy bills will come down