Electric Cars Are 73% Cleaner, ICCT Study Shows
The latest ICCT study reveals that total life cycle carbon emissions from electric cars are about a quarter of those from conventional cars.
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A Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable…
In 2024, a small electric SUV with a range of 300 miles produces 52% fewer life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than a comparable gasoline vehicle. Electric vehicles (EVs) have no tailpipe emissions, but nearly three quarters of the GHG emissions for a gasoline vehicle come from the tailpipe (vehicle … [continued]
Driving On Electricity Is Now Much Cleaner Than Using A Gasoline Car
[Editor’s note: After reading Dave Reichmuth’s most recent piece, I started thinking about a comparable study on Wisconsin land use. Land use and solar power, which generates clean electricity that many increasingly use to power EVs and homes, are topics of complaints we hear from time to time. However, a … [continued]
New Study Finds Electric Vehicles Are Driven Less Than Gas Cars
One of the largest studies to date finds the current generation of EV owners drive far fewer miles than owners of gas vehicles, translating to lower emissions savings from EVs. A new study from researchers at the George Washington University suggests that emissions savings from electric vehicles (EV) might be … [continued]
Rick Scott & His Senate Friends Introduce The DIRTY CAR EV Act
Rick Scott, the alleged senator from Florida, and his buddies, have filed what may be the stupidest bill in history about electric cars.
Today’s Electric Vehicles Can Greatly Reduce Emissions From Driving
Avoiding driving altogether is even better than driving an EV
What’s Cleaner, An Electric Truck or Plugin Hybrid Truck? It Depends… (Part 4)
If you’ve made it this far, I probably don’t need to rehash the methods and sources again, but if you landed in this article, here’s a link to Part 1 so you can see how I arrived at my numbers here and even play with the spreadsheet yourself if you … [continued]
What’s Cleaner, An Electric Truck or Plugin Hybrid Truck? It Depends… (Part 3)
If you haven’t already, be sure to read Part 1 to see where my data comes from, what my assumptions are, and how I calculated everything. There’s even a spreadsheet you can use to do your own calculations if you think I’m wrong or want to plug in different numbers. … [continued]
What’s Cleaner, An Electric Truck or Plugin Hybrid Truck? It Depends… (Part 2)
In Part 1, I discussed the methodology and assumptions that went into my comparison of the F-150 Lightning, the F-150 Hybrid, and a hypothetical plugin hybrid version of the truck. Now, let’s see how they stack up. I discuss my methods in Part 1, but to briefly recap, the production … [continued]
What’s Cleaner, An Electric Truck Or Plugin Hybrid Truck? It Depends…
A while back, I read a very interesting article on The Drive estimating the lifetime emissions of electric pickup trucks. They concluded that electric trucks were still better than a comparable gas-powered truck, but that the point where the EV truck had saved enough energy to make up for the … [continued]
