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Originally Posted by GGG
Aren't natural gas powered EVs only about 12-15% more ghg efficient than ICEs for equivalent vehicles once line losses in distribution are taken into account?
So doesn't wireless charging kill the greenness of the tech
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I thought it was more like 40% more efficient.
That said the GHG emissions are certainly dictated by how the electricity is generated. In West Virginia where 96% of electricity is generated by coal, an electric car emits about 50% more than a hybrid and probably about 30% more than efficient smaller vehicles. On the other hand in Washington state, hybrids produce about 8 times the emissions of an EV and normal cars about 10 times.