CMU study finds that HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs offer more emissions and oil displacement benefits per dollar spent than large pack PHEVs and BEVs; policy implications
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Conversely, in a pessimistic scenario using low gasoline prices, shorter battery life, coal-powered charging, and ANL 2015 cost estimates, plug-in vehicles could produce more damages at substantially higher cost. average electricity grid mix, hydroelectric is assumed to be a zero emission source, while coal is a higher emission source).
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