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I agree. They are treating the electricity like it's free (cost and environmental impact). I see a lot of Chevy Volt owners bragging about their "300 MPG" econo
by coin 14y ago
I agree. They are treating the electricity like it's free (cost and environmental impact). I see a lot of Chevy Volt owners bragging about their "300 MPG" economy. If you have a dual fuel source vehicle (hybrid) and ignore one of the fuels, the numbers will always look good.
Using their methodology a Nissan Leaf (pure electric) gets infinity MPG.
What we need is a distance per fuels used, where fuels is all the gas and electricity.
- salem 14y agoDifferent sources of electricity have different environmental impact, but at least you can have a good idea of where your utility gets power from. At the same time, you don't know if your gas came from tar sands or easy to get (but dwindling) shallow Californian oil. There is an electric equivalent mpg called mpg-e: http://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/decoding-electric-car-mpg.html http://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy/decoding-electric-car-mp...