You've got it backwards. Electric vehicles have more embodied energy / carbon, but use less to operate, particularly if the electricity source is not coal. Deli

You've got it backwards. Electric vehicles have more embodied energy / carbon, but use less to operate, particularly if the electricity source is not coal. Delivery vehicles that have a high duty cycle and start/stop often are a great target for BEVs. It's true that with current tech, a plug-in hybrid may still be better from a CO2 perspective, but fleets also care about the lower maintenance costs that could be provided by electric-only vehicles. More: http://www.cmu.edu/me/ddl/publications/2010-JMD-Shiau-etal-PHEV-Optimization.pdf http://www.cmu.edu/me/ddl/publications/2010-JMD-Shiau-etal-P... And in general: https://www.cmu.edu/cit/veg/ https://www.cmu.edu/cit/veg/