MPGe only takes into account for the cost of electricity, it does not factor in the supply services, fees, taxes, etc from your electric bill. The "cost" of electricity is usually about 1/2 your bill and all the other stuff in total is the other 1/2.
Any EV vs gas or MPGe does this, thats why the numbers are complete garbage.
Also in the NE we have summer rates and winter rates, the winter rates are jacked to subsidize electricity for the poor. Electricity is so high in the winter EV's pretty much cost more than a full efficient ICE.
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Originally Posted by WestRace
The equivalent of an electric vehicle mpg is about 90mpg that taken into account everything. If that's accurate then, then electric vehicles should be more efficient, but the problem is I don't know if they take into account EVERYTHING. How about the cost of mining Lithium? How about the cost of recycling old Li-on batteries? Another thing is the amount of Lithium raw materials on the entire earth is limited and even more so than oil. So if everybody were to drive an electric car, they may not be enough lithium raw materials for everybody.
I hope they look into fuel cell. Although you also need battery to store the energy generated from fuel cell but the amount of batteries here is not as much as a pure battery-powered car.
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