Fossils are currently the source of 82% of world energy, but for transportation they are not used efficiently. Essentially you can view the series hybrid as a much more efficient fossil fueled vehicle. Similarly you can view a pure BEV as a much more efficient fossil fueled vehicle, a series hybrid vehicle with the generator at a coal or…
Fossils are currently the source of 82% of world energy, but for transportation they are not used efficiently. Essentially you can view the series hybrid as a much more efficient fossil fueled vehicle. Similarly you can view a pure BEV as a much more efficient fossil fueled vehicle, a series hybrid vehicle with the generator at a coal or gas powered plant. Herein you see the advantage. Natural gas is right now 10X cheaper per unit energy than gasoline or diesel. CCGT runs at ~4X the average efficiency of a ICE vehicle engine. So theoretically you should be paying 40X less to run an EV on a gas grid. Unfortunately grid distribution costs have skyrocketed due to all the idiotic wind & solar they have foisted on the grid to maximize the inefficiency of the grid as well as corrupt mismanaged utilities i.e. FERC, CISO, ERCOT & ISO-NE.
Fossils are currently the source of 82% of world energy, but for transportation they are not used efficiently. Essentially you can view the series hybrid as a much more efficient fossil fueled vehicle. Similarly you can view a pure BEV as a much more efficient fossil fueled vehicle, a series hybrid vehicle with the generator at a coal or gas powered plant. Herein you see the advantage. Natural gas is right now 10X cheaper per unit energy than gasoline or diesel. CCGT runs at ~4X the average efficiency of a ICE vehicle engine. So theoretically you should be paying 40X less to run an EV on a gas grid. Unfortunately grid distribution costs have skyrocketed due to all the idiotic wind & solar they have foisted on the grid to maximize the inefficiency of the grid as well as corrupt mismanaged utilities i.e. FERC, CISO, ERCOT & ISO-NE.