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EVs CO2 emmissions depends of the carbon intensity of electricity consumed. So that is true that Germany with now 323gCO₂eq/kWh has a higher break even. But if
by felixlechat 5y ago
EVs CO2 emmissions depends of the carbon intensity of electricity consumed.
So that is true that Germany with now 323gCO₂eq/kWh has a higher break even. But if you take the same data for exemple in France where electricity is much less carbon intensive, (now 32gCO₂eq/kWh), break even is as low as 15000km for an EV.
Germany should just emit less carbon for electricity generation.
[1] https://www.electricitymap.org/zone/DE https://www.electricitymap.org/zone/DE
[2] https://ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/clima/files/transport/vehicles/docs/2020_study_main_report_en.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/clima/files/transport/vehic...
- pepperberg 5y agoThose are really valuable resources, thank you! Although France's electricity mix is exceptionally low, I'm surprised to see that the EU average (438gCO₂eq/kWh) is even higher than in Germany ([2], page 74). In the US, it's over 600gCO₂eq/kWh, in China even 1,000gCO₂eq/kWh (1.3 million EVs were sold in China in 2020).