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Originally Posted by Habs
"For example, in Germany - where about 40% of the energy mix is produced by coal and 30% by renewables - a mid-sized electric car must be driven for 125,000 km, on average, to break even with a diesel car, and 60,000 km compared to a petrol car. It takes nine years for an electric car to be greener than a diesel car, assuming an annual average mileage of 13,500 km (as was the case in Germany in 2002, compared to 12,700 km in England in 2013). Most consumers will have bought a new car by then. The case is similar in the US, but less pronounced in nuclear-powered France."
WEF
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/...-power-energy/ |
This is from 2017. Probably obsolete already.
The development pace of EV outstrips the one for ICE, and I expect huge paradigm shifts in the areas of battery, drivetrain, and electrical integration/control. So these statistics should be updated yearly or bi-yearly going forward.
Just saying, I don’t own an EV yet.