Today’s Electric Vehicles Can Greatly Reduce Emissions From Driving
. Earlier this year, the EPA released newer power plant emissions data, which I’ve used to update our assessment of the relative benefit of driving an EV as compared to the gasoline alternative.
As new, more affordable EV models like this Chevy Equinox become available, more drivers will be able to reduce their emissions from driving. Image courtesy ofWhen we compare driving on electricity versus gasoline, we consider the global warming emissions that occur in producing and using those fuels.
Over 90 percent of people in the United States live where driving the average EV produces fewer global warming emissions than the most efficient gasoline vehicle . Based on where EVs have been sold in the United States, driving on electricity produces emissions equal to those of a gasoline car getting 88 miles per gallon. Note: Acronyms refer to electricity grid regions as defined by
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