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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I don't recall the specifics of the study, but a 100 kWh battery might take 150,000 miles to break even on fossil fuel consumption compared with an identical ICE version. The smaller the battery pack, the sooner the EV becomes more environmentally friendly.
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Do you know which study? The Union of Concerned Scientists
estimated 39,000 miles to carbon-parity for a full-size EV compared to a gas car in a dirty-grid state in 2015. The appendices detail their assumptions and methodology for each car type, and size examples.