Re: [EVDL] here's another plug for EVs

2021-07-09 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
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

Re: [EVDL] here's another plug for EVs

2021-07-08 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
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

[EVDL] here's another plug for EVs

2021-07-08 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
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