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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

ICEVs have been around for a while, and although they’ve had the time to perfect their manufacturing process and we’ve seen increased pressure on the importance of fuel economy and emissions, the thermal efficiency of the average light vehicle engine remains between 20-35%, and we’re not seeing much improvement beyond this.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

ICEVs have been around for a while, and although they’ve had the time to perfect their manufacturing process and we’ve seen increased pressure on the importance of fuel economy and emissions, the thermal efficiency of the average light vehicle engine remains between 20-35%, and we’re not seeing much improvement beyond this.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

fleet of light vehicles. Most EV owners recharge their cars at home or at work, meaning that chargers need to be available in garages, driveways, on-street parking, apartment building parking areas, and commercial parking lots. Next, we turned to our model of the U.S Some of these materials are highly concentrated in a few countries.