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Not that long. For a fairly typical UK car, it's about 25,000 km (15,000 miles). You can see the calculation and play with the assumptions here: https://www.r
by RobinL 5y ago
Not that long.
For a fairly typical UK car, it's about 25,000 km (15,000 miles).
You can see the calculation and play with the assumptions here:
https://www.robinlinacre.com/carbon_electric_car/ https://www.robinlinacre.com/carbon_electric_car/
The average UK car does about 20k miles in its first year.
- jfklsdfjsdf 5y agoDo you have any sources for your "ICE uplift" default value of 50%? I'd also be curious to know where you got your numbers for manufacturing CO2 from.
- RobinL 5y agoYes - the main source is a 2020 EU report. The hyperlink has changed since I published the above, but you can find it here: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1f494180-bc0e-11ea-811c-01aa75ed71a1 https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1f4... If I remember correctly, I think you can see it in the 'fuel production cycle' part of figure ES5.