Stories tagged with "tesla"
The energy efficiency of cars
Posted by Euan Mearns on February 16, 2009 - 10:43am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Economics/Finance
Tags: automobile, bbc, energy efficiency, eroei, ethanol, fuel cell, honda, hydrogen, jeremy clarkson, original, saab, tesla, top gear, volvo [list all tags]
Chart updated 28 February to take account of this comment from Profbaldwin.
The future of motor vehicles lies in improved efficiency and that is to the left of the gasoline ICE in the chart. That future is electric vehicles powered by high ERoEI renewable electricity.
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