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A typical electric vehicle - Nissan Leaf is being used at 17.6 kWh per kilometer which | A typical electric vehicle - Nissan Leaf is being used at 17.6 kWh per kilometer which | ||
amounts to 106g of CO2 per kilometer at the 2014 electric energy mix. | amounts to 106g of CO2 per kilometer at the 2014 electric energy mix. | ||
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| + | On top of this energy per kilometer the energy to supply the fuel at the point of usage for the car | ||
| + | and the energy to create and maintain the car needs to be added. | ||
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| + | The energy for the supply of fuel amounts to 20% extra for the Golf example this would be 203 g of CO2 per km. | ||
Revision as of 14:55, 12 October 2017
What is the Energy/CO2 balance of using electric vehicles?
According to:
the germany electric energy mix of 2014 creates 601g of CO2 per kWh.
A typical german VW Golf creates 169g of CO2 per kilometer.
A typical electric vehicle - Nissan Leaf is being used at 17.6 kWh per kilometer which amounts to 106g of CO2 per kilometer at the 2014 electric energy mix.
On top of this energy per kilometer the energy to supply the fuel at the point of usage for the car and the energy to create and maintain the car needs to be added.
The energy for the supply of fuel amounts to 20% extra for the Golf example this would be 203 g of CO2 per km.