Diesel scandal to hurt plug-in hybrids, former Fiat exec says

The Volkswagen diesel scandal has led to calls for more real-world emission testing outside laboratory conditions, in order to catch future cheating. That could be bad news for hybrids and plug-in hybrids, claims a former Fiat executive. Rinaldo Rinolfi, the former head of powertrain research at the Italian carmaker, claims that plug-in hybrids in… …read more