Electric vehicles have been claimed as “zero emissions”, but, it turns out pollution generated almost like a diesel-powered vehicles, how come?. The finding came as the announcement of the first electric vehicle that passed the standard European crash test. The vehicle is the Mitsubishi i-MiEV super-mini. i-MiEV achieve 4 stars out of a maximum of 5 stars.
The difference is, if an ordinary car emissions released through the exhaust, then the electric car emissions generated by the installation of power plants that supply electricity.
The experts from Which to submit a report that the amount of carbon dioxide gas generated power to supply electric vehicles, probably the same as greenhouse gases than gasoline-engine vehicle. Carbon dioxide produced to charge electric cars, “not much different from” with diesel vehicle emissions in the most efficient.
Electric car manufacturers say their products do not have emissions, but they ignore the fact that the owner would use a conventional power supply which produces carbon because it uses fossil fuels.
By comparison, the Smart ForTwo electric version produced 84 grams of CO2 per kilometer while the Smart ForTwo diesel produces 103 grams. Nissan Leaf generate electricity for 23,990 pounds of carbon produced 81gram/km while Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI Bluemotion diesel (16,830 pounds) as much as 108 grams. Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle produces 68g/km while similar, Suzuki Splash 1.3 diesel produces 131g/km of CO2.
However, electric cars are still more “green” because it did not release toxic chemicals that reduce air quality. It’s very meaningful to urban, and indeed the target is the urban electric vehicle.