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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Yes and no. We could for instance discuss the efficiency of my Insight vs someone's pure electric SUV - and I do mean that as a serious question. I'd argue that making an efficient gasoline-powered vehicle by doing weight & drag reduction and normal hybridization might well produce a more efficient (measured in energy and CO2 per mile) vehicle than converting a heavy, inefficient larger car.
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Thats kind of disingenuous though. For a real comparison you would have to compare an SUV EV and an SUV ICE, or an EV insight and an ICE insight.
You can add other factors like putting one in an SUV and one in an insight but you would have to add a correction factor because the EV is getting screwed over by bad drag and excessive weight, while your ICE is reaping the benefits of probably the best designed car with respect to FE.
All else held equal its hard to beat an EV.