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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

One of the common arguments you hear from people in America who are not fans of the idea of electric vehicles is that they are mostly charged from electricity produced from coal power plants. Heavy Coal Using States Accounted for Only 10% of EV Sales in 2020. And so “EVs are bad.” And so “EVs are bad.”

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WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

Green Car Congress

In the absence of data from the previous sources, data from: (a) UN agencies; (b) Development agencies; and (c) articles from peer-reviewed journals were used. Afr: Africa; Amr: America; Emr: Eastern Mediterranean; Eur: Europe; Sear: South?East East Asia, Wpr: Western Pacific; LMI: Low? and middle?income; income; HI: high?income.

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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

Green Car Congress

More than 90% of air pollution-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, followed by low- and middle-income countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, Europe and the Americas. In some regions, sand and desert dust, waste burning and deforestation are additional sources of air pollution.

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. People all over the world supported this movement… the core group became the founders of Plug In America.” “We Impacting the EV scene for 3 decades. His interest grew deeper when he was an officer in the U.S. “You We formed a group, dontcrush.com.

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PHEV Blowback

Plug In Partners

As someone who has been enthusiastically watching and promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, I was concerned that the headline of an article in USA Today (“Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution,” Feb. Soot particles can make it hard to breathe, especially for asthmatics. Here is the NRDC's response to the story.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

The Net-Zero America study that we put out towards the end of 2020 and updated in 2021 was a big effort at Princeton. The second reason is that the grid we have is built out to places where there were coal mines and hydropower dams, not where there’s the best wind and sun. and “Is your electricity bill reasonably affordable?”

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