About That Scary “EVs Cost More To Fuel” Study… NOT!
About That Scary “EVs Cost More To Fuel” Study… NOT!
A report says “fuel” for EVs cost more than gasoline. Was it prepared by a bunch of orangutans sitting in front of computers? No, it was done by Anderson Economic Group.
It's more expensive if you sit at a 50 cent-per-minute super charger and go to 100%. It's a fraction of the cost if you don't act like an idiot.
It's more expensive if you sit at a 50 cent-per-minute super charger and go to 100%. It's a fraction of the cost if you don't act like an idiot.
But we still power them with coal
Are you under the impression that people pushing for EVs aren't also pushing for power plants to go green? I'm sorry this isn't a video game where we can just replace literally every source of coal power in the exact same motion.
Even accounting for power plants, EVs still produce much less emissions. Here's a plot from energy.gov:
This is also covered on the common EV myths page: https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths#myth1
But we aren't burning gasoline every second.
Not always the case. I was able to change my electricity source to 100% renewable through Appalachian Power. I also have solar panels to directly offset some of my home energy usage.
It is vastly more efficient to power from electricity generated by coal than it is to burn gasoline in a car. Think of all that heat just going into the air.
You might, we certainly don't in most of eastern Canada.
Coal power is a relic of the past anyway.