Are electric powered cars really more energy efficient than gas powered cars?

posted by admin on Dec 27

shmootz5 asked:


Creating electricity uses energy, and so does using gas. Is the amount of energy needed to creat electricity to power electric cars really less than the amount of energy used in a standard gas powered car?

Thanks!

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How did China go about using Electric Cars?

posted by admin on Dec 24

• Nevermore asked:


Since when have they been using electric cars? What did they end up doing with the gas cars?

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What’s the big deal with electric cars? Isn’t like 80% of our electricity from coal?

posted by admin on Nov 12

jeffpatterson93 asked:


I remember my teacher telling us about alternative energy and how about 80% of all electricity in the U.S. is coal power. And I remember hearing somewhere that coal is worse for the enviroment than gas, so wouldn’t electric cars just hurt the enviroment?

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Why are hybrid cars not able to get better gas mileage than some cars from the early 90s?

posted by admin on Sep 24

coreydevillier asked:


Some cars in the early 90s like the civic, geo metro, etc got 50mpg or more. Howcome almost 20 years later, our hybrid technology is not able to significantly outperform these vehicles?

Posted in Other - Cars & Transportation -- 6 Comments »
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