By contrast, battery electric vehicles are between 60 and 100 percent
efficient.
Uh ... no. While EVs are unquestionably a LOT more efficient than ICEVs,
I'm pretty sure that the upper limit of their efficiency range is less than
100 percent.
Correct, the author would have been more
On 9 Jul 2021 at 0:21, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
> As little as 12 percent of the energy from a car´s gasoline fuel goes
> toward making it move.
I've seen this number cited a few times before. I would have guessed
something closer to 15-18%, but given our penchant here in the US for 2+ ton
Now, this is a click bait article. Fortunately, it's pro EV.
Thinking of buying an electric vehicle? Read this first.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/03/30/climate-curious-electric-cars/
Traditional vehicles aren’t just bad for the environment — they’re
wasteful. As