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In reply to the discussion: Shocking Factoid of the Day: Gas cars use more electricity to go 100 miles than Electric Cars do! [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)However, I highly doubt that making a battery is going to be any more energy intensive than mining ore for heavy car engines and transmissions. I figure it will be a wash if a bit more energy intensive. These vehicles have small, powerful motors (Tesla Motors don't even use rare earth elements, and given the difficulty with procuring them most electrics won't in the future), and no all electric has a transmission (not needed, electric motors do their own torquing).
The energy-side question appears answered, and it does appear that electric vehicles use less electricity than gasoline based engines. I do not consider this propaganda in the least.
And it is something I hadn't considered before and is almost counterintuitive (though I should know better).