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Originally Posted by dominoM
All true. Except I don't understand how more EVs would equal more fossil fuels (because electric motors are 2x more efficient). But let's be honest, if the world really wants as many EVs on the road as they say they do by 2030, then our mining and electricity infrastructure is not prepared to handle that. It's going to get messy real quick. We'll see I guess.
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Great points. But aren’t they more than 2x more efficient? If I get 17 mpg on my M3, and 85 MPGe on the tesla, is that 5x more efficient? I wonder too if efficiency can be measured by the cost of the commodity. Probably not, but if gas is 3.70 per gallon (premium where I live), and electricity is 0.07 per kWh… to fill up in m3 is $50, in tesla is $5… is the efficiency 10x? Genuinely curious. And footnote we have more hydroelectric power here. In California or places coal and NG dependent, I imagine it’s a much less efficient cycle.