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Originally Posted by mashuzu34
re: net pollution of plug-in hybrid vs. hybrid vs. conventional, see the following on Calcars:
http://www.calcars.org/vehicles.html#2 Even on a coal based grid, PHEV's are cleaner, and as stated above, |
They are using quite old data before 2004 Prius came out.
They wrote "The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. California Air Resources Board studies show that
battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the
2004 study)."
It was based on 99.9 ton for 200,000 lifetime miles (500g/mile) on conventional vehicles vs 38.1 ton (190g/mile) on PHEV-20.
Again, the 2004-07 UK Prius is rated 104g/km (167g/mile).
Ken@Japan