> Stupid arguments on both sides... Indeed, both sides danced around the key points.
ICEs get *all* of their fuel from fossil fuels. EVs only get about 60% of their fuel from fossil fuels (current percentage in the US). Electric generating plants are about twice as efficient as ICE engines. Even if you assume that 100% of EV charging energy came from fossil fuels, the same amount of energy produces half the CO2 and pollution. Electric transmission line losses are minimal -- only about 5%. EVs are far more efficient in using their fuel energy. That's why the MPGe (MPG equivalent) for EVs is 3-4 times better than ICEs. So EVs use less energy, to go farther, and produce less pollution. -- Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James But it *does* require attention to detail! -- Lee Hart -- Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com -----Original Message----- From: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Jul 26, 2024 9:23 AM To: Electric List <ev@lists.evdl.org> Cc: Lawrence Winiarski <lawrence_winiar...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV efficiency argument. Since most of the time the car knows what time it is, why not have a software option to prioritize the onboard chargers to charge during daylight hours to use a greater percentage of solar? When you have a lot of unused range anyway, you don't need to keep topping off the car during the night..you can just delay until the sun comes up. Seems a relatively simple software change that could have pretty big power considerations. On Friday, July 26, 2024, 5:56:43 AM PDT, paul dove via EV wrote: I doubt we have any congressman that understand physics. On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 07:01:17 AM CDT, Mark Hanson via EV wrote: EV efficiency loop argument from pro EV Buttigieg. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jML8xzgD3jw Best regards Mark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
