The_Countess t1_ixw9yvx wrote
Reply to comment by Canadian_Infidel in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
>You lose half of the energy between the power plant and the end user in the electrical grid.
Who told you these figure... and maybe more importantly why on earth did you believe them? They are off by a whole order of magnitude.
>In more developed countries, losses were lower: While the United States experienced 6% losses in 2016, 5% was reported for Germany and Singapore reached 2%.
I've also looked at other sources and between 5 to 6% is the consensus for the US.
And before we were just talking tank-to-wheel efficiency for ICE.
If we're going to take a broader view then we'll need to include the cost to refine the oil into gasoline. That's another 15-20% of the energy gone before it even gets to your tank. And we haven't even added in the energy costs of distributing the fuel.
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