Passat GTE a standard bearer for PHEVs
The struggle of the motor industry – not to mention climate campaigners globally – to persuade customers to switch allegiances from the internal combustion engine to alternatives such as electric cars, hybrids, or plug-in hybrids, is one that has vexed many of us for some time now.
The industry is largely mistrusted by its own clientele after a series of shocking and disturbing revelations about how it has deliberately deceived authorities and buyers alike about the amount of seriously bad stuff its products were pumping into our atmosphere. Car companies have been proven to have lied through their teeth and acted criminally in their efforts to hide their sins.
