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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.