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Old 04-30-2009, 01:18 PM   #94 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by theunchosen View Post
What is worth mentioning is that even a Carnot cycle would be less capable than an EV...
But about 70% (taking an average of the US grid) of the electricity that charges the EV is produced by fossil-fuel burning heat engines, so what matters is (efficiency of large power plant * electric transmission & charging loss factor) vs (lower efficiency of small IC engine * cost of transporting gasoline).
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