400 mile electric RV

Timmo! wrote:

rlw999 wrote:
...EV's are greener than fossil fuel powered cars, even when the power comes from coal...

I know your really believe that statement and many people talk as if it is true. But when unbiased science is applied, it ain't so.

From A NASDAQ analysis titled, "ANALYSIS-When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars?"


...It was up against a gasoline-fueled Toyota Corolla weighing 2,955 pounds with a fuel efficiency of 33 miles per gallon. It was assumed both vehicles would travel 173,151 miles during their lifetimes.

But if the same Tesla was being driven in Norway, which generates almost all its electricity from renewable hydropower, the break-even point would come after just 8,400 miles.

If the electricity to recharge the EV comes entirely from coal, which generates the majority of the power in countries such as China and Poland, you would have to drive 78,700 miles to reach carbon parity with the Corolla, according to the Reuters analysis of data generated by Argonne's model....

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/analysis-when-do-electric-vehicles-become-cleaner-than-gasoline-cars-2021-06-29