ASAI warns about electric car 'zero emissions' claims

Looks like VW have been caught lying about emissions yet again

Quite right too, and what about all the ID.4 drivers who fart with the windows open?

But isn't it true that the cars do charge their own battery with their own engine?

I totally agree, that if a person is a complete idiot, it is misleading, but it is technically true to say it will charge itself. The biggest issue I have is that I know of dealers exaggerating their efficiency when a diesel car, is more efficient. I know of many very disappointed people who changed from diesel to petrol hybrid having being told they are just as efficient as their old car.

That’s if you fall for that nonsense.

brake pads on EVs are seldom used. so not really an issue , I believe the ASAI skipped over it as they aren’t aware of how little use they get.

as for tyre emissions? Is that a thing ? Like really 2 tyres replaced after 30k km. I’d say that’s a negligee amount.

the strangest thing is that they continue to allow Toyotas self charging ads

Like this:

“The Committee considered however that while the ICE was fuelled by an external source, the hybrid battery was charged by the ICE and by regenerative braking, and that it did not require a source external to car. They did not consider that the claim ‘self-charging hybrid electric car’ was in breach of the Code.

how much brake emission does a electric car give off, compared to my road bike with disc brakes ? Would you class a bike as zero emissions?

I’ve as much to do with my time as you have to do with your time, apparently.

Most Nissan Leafs, maybe all of them, say "Zero Emissions" on the door of the boot and the ASA didn't have an issue with that.

Seems to be just an anti-VW rant

Or maybe it's an anti-ev rant from somebody who makes money from oil

There's a climate change group deflating tyres, even EVs

Don't all petrol and diesel cars charge a battery from the engine? Certainly for the last 40 years anyway

Why they don't just classify hybrids as petrol is beyond me

Jesus talk about being pedantic…

In the ad, Volkswagen claimed that it makes “all-electric cars with zero driving emissions”. However, the complainants, who have not been named by the ASAI, argued that every car emits tyre particles and brake pad particles.

Responding to the complaint, Volkswagen told the ASAI that the term “emissions”, when used in the context of car advertising, was “widely accepted and understood by consumers to refer to emissions emanating directly from the source of power of the vehicle”. In petrol and diesel cars, that meant exhaust emissions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which battery-powered vehicles did not emit.