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Grid losses are a few percent with modern tech (which exists in countries rich enough for EVs). Charger losses are another few percent. If you were to burn the
by Schroedingersat 4y ago
Grid losses are a few percent with modern tech (which exists in countries rich enough for EVs). Charger losses are another few percent. If you were to burn the same fuel in a closed cycle turbine you'd get about 1.5x the raw energy to the wheels after losses, but the turbine also doesn't need to use as high emissions fossil fuels. Regen and other efficiency features that are tolerated on EVs but not ICEs bring it up to about double well to wheel.
Then you can also provide 50-90% of the energy without it ever being made into AC by parking it under $1000 worth of solar panels.