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jandreseyesterday at 10:00 PM1 replyview on HN

My understanding is the difference in carbon emission from manufacturing a BEV vs. an ICE vehicle is about 4 tons of carbon, roughly what you would get from 400 gallons of gasoline. So to make up the carbon deficit the BEV needs to drive about 8,000 miles assuming the ICE truck has above average highway MPG. This does assume the electricity comes from renewables though, if you have coal fired electricity then the figure may vary wildly.


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iancmceachernyesterday at 11:01 PM

8000 miles towing 10k lbs in a Cyber truck would be roughly 70 charging stops at an hour each

8000 miles towing 10k lbs in a diesel super duty would be 30 stops at 15 mins each.

That's 70 hours vs 7.5 hours. Every 8000 miles