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Re:Heavy electric trucks cheaper than diesel goods trucks by justinator on Monday May 29, 2023 @01:21PM (#36115934)
This is regional dependent. The last time I looked in Colorado, and electric vehicle is actually spews more pollution when running than a gas car b/c of the amount of coal power plants that we run - much to the chagrine of all the Boulderites in their Teslas.
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Re:Heavy electric trucks cheaper than diesel goods trucks by ZeroGravitas on Monday May 29, 2023 @01:56PM (#36116278)
This site suggests a Tesla 3 in Boulder gets 66 mpg-equivalent (more if they have solar):

https://evtool.ucsusa.org/

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Re:Heavy electric trucks cheaper than diesel goods trucks by seanmcdirmid on Monday May 29, 2023 @01:57PM (#36116286)
Colorado is 30% NG and 30% coal, probably because a lot of coal is mined in adjacent Wyoming and MT. The rest are renewables. The coal number keeps dropping, so EV use will improve over time without upgrading the vehicle.
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