The overall fuel efficiency of electricity would be the remainder of the burning of fossil fuel at a power plant at around 40% efficiency then it is delivery or transmittal to the consumer’s home at around 93% then the electricity is used in the vehicle at 92% providing a total of 34% efficiency. The oil refinery functions at 75% of efficiency then the delivery causes another 6% loss of energy. Combustion engines are around 20% efficient leaving the total efficiency at 14%.It’s probably more beneficial to break this all down to dollars and cents.
12.5 gallons at 20 miles to the gallon will get 250 miles. If gasoline costs $3.09 per gallon, the total distance will cost you $ 38.62. With electric, it costs $10 per kWh; it will cost 3.7 cents per mile or $9.25. Remember at night economy rates for electricity kick in as low as 2 cents per mile. So what would be the differences between driving an electric and gasoline vehicle? With a gasoline vehicle, you can travel more miles on one fill compared to electric which the average range is 100 +/- miles. It only takes minutes to refuel with a gas vehicle as opposed to minutes to hours with electric. Now you can recharge conveniently at home or work, in other words –while being productive. Electric vehicles costs around 2 cents per mile compared to 10+ cents for gas. Okay so sooner or later you will need to replace the battery pack, some manufacturers have recycling programs. There is a cost to replace a battery pack, you’re not going to get t for free, It costs around $375 per KWh. A Nissan Leaf 25 kWh battery will cost $9,375. This cost is far less than the yearly maintenance costs for a gasoline run vehicle. Electric vehicles produce no tailpipe emissions; Gas vehicles create pollution and greenhouse gasses. Keep reading here.
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