ERD50
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This seems like the best data I've found on just how much we could expect an EV to actually reduce carbon emissions. It lets you select from several areas in the US, and measure the carbon emission of the electrical generation to power the EV, and compares it to a hybrid (non-plug in). They also compare plug-in hybrids.
For much of the US, the EV actually creates more carbon emissions than a hybrid. The best case (California area, largely NG powered plants), the improvement is about 37%. Significant, but a long way from 'zero emissions' and all the hype, and largely offset by the 36% worse performance in other areas (midwest coal plants).
The Dirty Truth about Plug-in Hybrids, Made Interactive: Scientific American
Sounds like maybe EVs should be banned in some of those areas?
In my Chromium browser, it seemed like I had to click on the Zemi Media link and go back before it would load the interactive media?
-ERD50
For much of the US, the EV actually creates more carbon emissions than a hybrid. The best case (California area, largely NG powered plants), the improvement is about 37%. Significant, but a long way from 'zero emissions' and all the hype, and largely offset by the 36% worse performance in other areas (midwest coal plants).
The Dirty Truth about Plug-in Hybrids, Made Interactive: Scientific American
Sounds like maybe EVs should be banned in some of those areas?
In my Chromium browser, it seemed like I had to click on the Zemi Media link and go back before it would load the interactive media?
-ERD50