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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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EVs have lower lifetime emissions than gas cars: study (driving.ca)

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[–] Kecessa 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

CO2 is directly related to fuel economy (no filtration of it) which is why diesel do better than gas. OP has a 40 years old diesel truck though, I wouldn't expect it to be getting that great fuel mileage, especially not if they're from the US.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Fair enough, older cars absolutely have worse fuel economy. I wonder how much this is offset by US trucks growing in size and weight though - a modern gasoline truck may even have worse fuel economy despite 40 years of advances. Although that's not a high margin to clear to be honest.