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A commitment to increasing the us of EV and alternative fuel vehicles to lower Carbon Impact.

Electric cars, or electric vehicles (EVs) to be more inclusive, are fully electric and rely on batteries for their power. There are plug-in hybrids that act like EVs but can also operate like gas-electric hybrids when the charge is depleted, and automakers often speak of “electrifying” their lineups, but that can mean anything. On Cars.com, the EV designation typically means fully or “pure” electric, as it does most places.

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​Technically, electric motors are more efficient than gasoline or diesel engines and can provide cheaper operation per mile — but it depends on the cost of electricity and gasoline (or diesel) where you live, and EVs tend to cost more up front. EVs are the technology of choice for eco-friendly car buyers because they have no localized emissions tied to their operation; they can be powered with clean, renewable energy; and even when charged with power from nonrenewable sources, they release less carbon per mile (when similar vehicles are compared).

EV by the Numbers

Electric Car

Takeaways

  • The power grid would need to move to nuclear, hydropower, and/or other renewable energy for EVs to be truly effective

EV Metrics

  • Break Even point data on EVs (based on right now)

    • 15-20,000 miles of driving

  • Texas/California comparison on EVs/hybrids

    • Hybrid data

    • MIT: Emissions cut over lifetime of Hybrid vs EV (link)

    • EV: 60-68%

    • Hybrid: 42-46%

  • California

    • Has accepted over $100 billion dollars of taxpayer subsidies for EVs, but ALL of their emissions reductions in the past 20 years (from all efforts) have been completely wiped out by 2020’s wildfire season. 

      • $100 billion down the drain.

    • Barely 1% of the registered cars in CA are EVs, yet they plan on banning the sale of gas vehicles by 2030

    • Need to drive an EV for 15,000-20,000 miles for the car to reach NET zero emissions (link)

  • Every ton of lithium mined is 15 tonnes of CO2 emitted (link)

  • For an Internal Combustion Engine: “For a standard mid-sized gasoline ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicle the embedded carbon in production will be around 5.6tCO2e, around three quarters of which is the steel in the vehicle glider.” (link)

  • California has spent $1.84 billion on EV subsidies since 2010: “Since 2010, California has allocated more than $1.84 billion to a hodgepodge of three programs: the Clean Cars 4 All Program, the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and the Clean Vehicle Assistance Program, according to Air Resources Board data. In exchange, over those 12 years, about half a million Californians have received grants or rebates for buying cleaner cars or replacing older cars.” (link) - a 2022 article

  • Charging Stations vs. Gas Stations:

    • Charging stations are not ambundant enough yet for EVs to be adopted immediately: “In the US, there are just over 6,000 fast charging stations, and about 50,000 total locations that house EV chargers, as of the end of 2021. By comparison, there are about 150,000 fuel stations for gas-powered cars.” (link)

      • 6% of charging stations are located along U.S. highways

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