[0]: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/fi...
430g/kWh is without external costs too. Germany just has a very, very bad energy mix.
What’s fun about that number is that those 6 kWh would drive an EV about 18 miles. So, unless you have a reasonably efficient gas car, even if you never burned any of the gas you buy, and used it to fill swimming pools or something, you only come out even with an EV.
I didn't. That's the number without externalized CO2 costs. With those it's closer to 0.48 kg/kWh which comes out at 10kg CO2 per 100km.
As I said above, I am not trying to argue against EVs. It's mostly that the German energy mix sucks.
(We switched of all our nuclear plants some time ago and now rely on coal again ...)
source: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/co2-emissionen-pro-kil...
That starts with what you pay for electricity (e.g. 0.4€/100kWh in Germany vs. 0.05€ in Denmark).
But continues with how much CO2 is created. With the German energy mix, 1 kWh "produces" 0.434 kg of CO2 (tendency rising). Burning 1l of gasoline results in 2.37 kg. Comparing two cars:
Tesla 3 (18 kWh / 100 km, 80-90% efficiency during charging):
(18 kWh / (0.8 bis 0.9)) * (0.434kg / kwh) = 8.68 bis 9.765 kg (CO2 per 100km)
Toyota Yaris Hybrid (with E10):
3.9 l * (2.37 - 0.126) kg/l = 8.75 kg (CO2 pro 100 km)
Which is basically the same ball park.
To be fair, Tesla 3 vs Yaris Hybrid is an apple to pears comparison. But the argument that can be made is for a cleaner energy mix and smaller cars.