Want even more hate against hybrids? They’re arguably worse than efficient combustion engines.

Catalytic converters are the thing that reduce ICE emissions, but they don’t work well until they’re heated up since they need to be at a higher temperature before the catalyst reaction can take place. This isn’t usually much of a problem because it takes less than 30 seconds for them to get to that temperature with a regular ICE vehicle.

But what happens with hybrids, where the gas engine continues to shut on and off? Well the CC keeps cooling down and having to reheat. Depending on the usage, hybrid vehicles can wind up producing more emissions than non-hybrids if they keep switching between the gas and electric motors.