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Passenger cars produce 15% of total GHG.
Currently only only 15% of electricity is renewable (varies greatly by country and going to get way better in future).
That said EV's are about 2-6x more efficient in converting that energy to motion tho. Let's assume it's 3x better.
(0.15*0.85)/3 = still 4.25% of total GHG but will get much better in future. Overall ~10% GHG reduction.
The goal to stabilise climate is 60% reduction by 2050...
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Passenger cars produce 15% of total GHG.
Currently only only 15% of electricity is renewable (varies greatly by country and going to get way better in future).
That said EV's are about 2-6x more efficient in converting that energy to motion tho. Let's assume it's 3x better.
(0.15*0.85)/3 = still 4.25% of total GHG but will get much better in future. Overall ~10% GHG reduction.
The goal to stabilise climate is 60% reduction by 2050...