The study also estimated that gas-powered vehicles cause at least twice as much environmental damage over their lifetimes as EVs, and said the benefits of EVs can be expected to increase in coming decades as clean sources of power, such as solar and wind, are brought onto the grid.

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    2 months ago

    ICE are notorious for losing most of the potential energy through heat. The usable energy is about 20-30% for petrol and 30-40% for diesel.

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      That’s to do with the total energy stored in petrol, that’s irrelevant for the comparison. The statement was 100 miles with 2,5 gallon of gas. That’s easy in EU