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Originally Posted by samwichse
Wow, almost a megawatt hour for 1 mile??? That thing must have some amazing batteries  .
Joking aside, a nice cradle to grave comparison of CO2 released vs the power mix in different regions is here:
Electric vehicles beat gasoline cars in cradle-to-grave emissions study
So, whatever gas mileage you would have to achieve in a gas or non-plugin hybrid car to equal an electric car in GG emissions, broken down by region.
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UCS has been updating that map, and our electric grid has improved:
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The US average (weighted for EV sales) is now 80MPG.