JackFlorey said:
There are more EV's in California than any other state -
You are STILL stuck in your own back yard !..
The entire USA has less than 12% of the worlds EVs !
And Ca, only a fraction of those.
And most are in China where coal is the major source of electricity !
EVs are still contributing 100-200g/mile CO2 from charge power alone, depending on battery capacity….
…..which is not much different to a Toyota Corolla (170g/ml) !
JackFlorey said:
Let's compare via the US DOE website!
Nissan Leaf in California: 90 grams per mile
Nissan Leaf in the US in general: 130
Average new gas car: 410
No !
Lets compare real WORLD data for COMPARABLE CARS..!
….such as a BMW 3 series,..210g/ml
https://www.car-emissions.com/cars/model/BMW/page:9
I would not look at the Hybrid (or European diesels ) data though,…it might scare you !
PS:- are you not even a little suspicous of that 410g/m figure ?
….and dont you find it odd that those EV figures seem very similar irrispective of battery capacity ??
It is actually hard to find a CAR with that level of CO2 emissions,..
A Mustang V8 is only 260g/km (380g/ml)
EDIT..
Jack, i think you will find that those figures for EVs from the DOE site, are for the electricity for recharging only.
They seem to completely ignor any “upstream” CO2 figure for battery manufacture.
As me tioned before in the video, the consensus of reports put that CO2 load at between 100 and 200 g/kWh
So a 400 mile range (100kWh) pack would account for 10-20 tons of CO2 in manufacture.
Taking a mid point of 15 tons, Over the course of a 200,000 mile life (10 years @ 20,000 miles /yr), it would effectively add 75g/ml to the electricity recharge figure.