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Electric vehicles use half the energy of fossil-fuel vehicles
There’s an assumption uptake of EVs will require a huge amount of additional electricity on the grid. But even a coal-fired power plant is less wasteful than a petrol car engine.
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Petrol is cheap in the US right now. Is charging an EV still cheaper?
It was easy to make the case for the low cost of running an EV when charging was about 70% cheaper than filling up at the pump. What’s the story now?
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Electric vehicles reduce carbon pollution, even in coal-dominated state grids
Even an EV charged on a coal-dominated grid will still reduce carbon dioxide pollution by around 30%, new analysis shows.