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hybrids more fuel efficient in India, China than in US

Improvement in fuel consumption in India of a hybrid vehicle over a conventional vehicle.

In a pair of studies using real-world driving conditions, scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) found that hybrid cars are significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than they are in the United States due to traffic and driving conditions in those countries.