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On the lifecycle, what does emit less an electric car, a diesel or a petrol one?

Apr 21, 2020
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On the lifecycle, what does emit less an electric car, a diesel or a petrol one?

You can find plenty of articles related to this topic. Transport & Environment (T&E) published a comparison tool to compare both in a specific case. This lifecycle analysis (#LCAA) takes into account the car size, the battery production country and the electricity mix in the country where the car is used. One element is not included: the recycling cost and impact of batteries (because still unknown and unclear) This tool will be useful when considering fleet electrificatio

Electric vehicles are coming and fleet electrification in a country like Belgium is a hot topic

Jan 29, 2020
1 min

Electric vehicles are coming and fleet electrification in a country like Belgium is a hot topic

The chart below from the EV Database is quite interesting. It shows the electricity consumption of most of the electric vehicles. The difference between a Hyundai Ioniq or even a Tesla Model 3 (around 15 kwh/100km) and the AUDI AG E-Tron or Jaguar iPace (around 23 kwh/100km) is more than significant. You might think that it is the same order Of magnitude than the difference in fuel consumption between « regular » car and big SUV’s. It is true. Except that for electric vehicle