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Naming conventions around hybrid vehicles

According to European campaign group Eko, using the word "electric" in the naming of petrol-hybrid/gasoline-hybrid vehicles is part of a deceptive marketing campaign by the auto industry to mislead consumers and greenwash their product.

For example, in multiple countries people searching for "electric vehicles" online were directed via paid ads to see cars 100% powered by petrol/gasoline but branded as "hybrid electric" or “Hybrid EV".

https://aks3.eko.org/pdf/Toyota-Electrifraud-Report-Eko-Jan-2024.pdf

Meanwhile US campaign group Public Citizen has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging the auto industry is misleading consumers in marketing gasoline-powered hybrid cars as electric vehicles (EVs).

https://www.citizen.org/news/blurry-lines-between-hybrids-and-evs-at-toyota-trigger-ftc-complaint-alleging-misleading-marking/

Part of the complaint is around using "HEV", or "“Hybrid EV", to confuse consumers that a 100% gasoline-powered car, in terms of its energy input, is actually an EV of some sort.

Should we therefore consider renaming this article to something more neutral?

E.g. petrol hybrid vehicles, or petrol-electric hybrid vehicles, or just hybrid vehicles? Gr8ber (talk) 12:55, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]