{"id":251886,"date":"2024-05-30T14:37:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/driving-on-electricity-is-now-much-cleaner-than-using-a-gasoline-car\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T17:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:26:05","slug":"driving-on-electricity-is-now-much-cleaner-than-using-a-gasoline-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/driving-on-electricity-is-now-much-cleaner-than-using-a-gasoline-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving on Electricity Is Now Much Cleaner than Using a Gasoline Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces the carbon emissions from driving. Based on where electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold, driving the average EV in the US produces global warming emissions equal to a hypothetical 94 mile per gallon gasoline car, or less than a third of the emissions of the average new gasoline car. <\/p>\n<p>Transportation is the largest sector for emissions, and passenger cars, trucks, and SUVs are the majority of transportation emissions, so there is no way to slow down climate change without a fundamental shift from petroleum to clean electricity to power our vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>When UCS first compared driving an EV to a gasoline car, only 45 percent of the country lived where driving an EV was better than a 50 MPG gasoline car. Now, 93 percent of the country lives where the <strong>average<\/strong> EV is better than the <strong>most efficient<\/strong> gasoline vehicle (57 MPG). And&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/dave-reichmuth\/driving-on-electricity-is-now-much-cleaner-than-using-a-gasoline-car\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at blog.ucsusa.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Replacing gasoline with electricity greatly reduces the carbon emissions from driving. Based on where electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold, driving the average EV in the US produces global warming emissions equal to a hypothetical 94 mile per gallon gasoline car, or less than a third of the emissions of the average new gasoline car. 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