On Jul 4, 1:53 pm, "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article .com,
Fash wrote:

Forget the prius for a moment (although for sake of argument I'm
convinced lifetime energy balance is bad compared to modern diesel),
I'm more interested in the concept of a hybrid SUV. What's that all
about? They must be mad! on what planet can that be green.

And they are exempt from the congestion charge - despite producing far
more CO than many a small car.

I think the new system takes CO output into consideration to close
that loophole.