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Originally Posted by ward
that's the other part of the problem with electric cars that I didn't express very well
fossil fuels-> electricity -> battery power -> motion (each transfer loses energy as heat)
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fossil fuels -> motion
yeah, probably still a bit more efficient to run the power plant and electric car, but less so than many think.
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Well, it is measurable. You're 325i can get 25mpg of fossil fuel and the electric car can get 135mpg of fossil fuel. Everything is inefficient, I get it. The important thing is it's using less foreign oil and putting out less emissions.