Beaver@lemmy.ca to [Dormant] Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMany Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden’s push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll findsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down113
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkMany Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden’s push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll findsapnews.comBeaver@lemmy.ca to [Dormant] Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoI take your point on individual maintenance, but that can also apply to EVs. But statistics show that in general ICE cars degrade faster than EVs University of Michigan found that vehicles over 10 years old consume 33% to 35% more fuel per mile compared to newer vehicles. Another analysis by EPA researchers found that vehicles with damaged engines and exhaust systems could see a 40% efficiency loss.
I take your point on individual maintenance, but that can also apply to EVs. But statistics show that in general ICE cars degrade faster than EVs
University of Michigan found that vehicles over 10 years old consume 33% to 35% more fuel per mile compared to newer vehicles. Another analysis by EPA researchers found that vehicles with damaged engines and exhaust systems could see a 40% efficiency loss.