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Old 01-01-2009, 08:49 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by shakran View Post
A UK study determined that a volt charged with power provided by non-nuclear/wind/hydro/solar power plants will result in the plant emitting 124.2 g/km of carbon dioxide for electric-only driving. that's more than the BMW 118d emits. So, really, I'm not very far from the truth at all....
Well I think the guys at Tesla would disagree with you. their study came up with much different results.

Tesla Motors - well-to-wheel

In a direct comparison the Electric car is much more efficient, and creates less emissions than any other ICE vehicle. While this is a different vehicle than the Volt, the principals are the same.
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