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Originally Posted by Aedo
The 14% for ICE vehicles seems too low to me  - modern ICE vehicles are more like 25% efficient with an overall efficiency of ~20% |
I have no idea, maybe modern engines are more efficient but there are plenty of 80s and 90s cars still around.
even if you use your numbers, electric is more efficient. the original argument someone brought up was if you combine power generation, transmission and conversion, ICE was more efficient. I just wanted to show its simply not true, and modern ICE is terribly inefficient.
This is not even factoring in the advantage of significant % use of renewable power generation vs burning pure fossil fuel, and the advantage of regenerative braking in electric/hybrid cars.