EV Fan
06-02-2017, 03:05 AM
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Caption: Electric vehicle global warming pollution ratings and gasoline vehicle emissions equivalents by electricity grid region. Based on the most recent power plant data, from 2014. (Credit: Union of Concerned Scientist.)
Electric-vehicle critics are fond of explaining that the energy to power an electric car has to come from somewhere. They make the argument that EVs plugged into the grid in coal-dependent regions of the US aren’t nearly as clean and green as you might imagine. The Union of Concerned Scientists went back to the drawing board with new EPA data on emission from electricity generation and today published its findings (http://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/new-numbers-are-in-and-evs-are-cleaner-than-ever): For more than 70 percent of Americans, driving an EV results in fewer emissions than a 50-mpg gas-powered car.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/new-epa-data-shows-evs-are-very-clean-and-getting-cleaner-132912.html)
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Caption: Electric vehicle global warming pollution ratings and gasoline vehicle emissions equivalents by electricity grid region. Based on the most recent power plant data, from 2014. (Credit: Union of Concerned Scientist.)
Electric-vehicle critics are fond of explaining that the energy to power an electric car has to come from somewhere. They make the argument that EVs plugged into the grid in coal-dependent regions of the US aren’t nearly as clean and green as you might imagine. The Union of Concerned Scientists went back to the drawing board with new EPA data on emission from electricity generation and today published its findings (http://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/new-numbers-are-in-and-evs-are-cleaner-than-ever): For more than 70 percent of Americans, driving an EV results in fewer emissions than a 50-mpg gas-powered car.
read more (http://www.plugincars.com/new-epa-data-shows-evs-are-very-clean-and-getting-cleaner-132912.html)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PluginCars/~4/Gzrjzr6f0W0
More... (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PluginCars/~3/Gzrjzr6f0W0/new-epa-data-shows-evs-are-very-clean-and-getting-cleaner-132912.html)