[thackney]

It turns out that transforming heat into electricity centrally and shipping it out over the electric grid is a lot more efficient than everyone having their own little engine. Internal combustion engines have efficiencies in the 30% range, whereas electric motors are in the 90s.

Take the efficiency of getting electricity to your home from the fuel, 33%.

Now take the charger efficiency, the battery efficiency, the invertery efficiency before you get to the motor.

Do you still think that is greater efficiency than 30%?

Cheaper fuel, yes. More efficient, probably not. Reality is our desire for transportation convience is not an energy efficient method.

I buy vehicles on dollars per mile however, not effieciency. For most people, that is the efficiency that matters, dollars spent for utility.

[LogicDesigner]

“I buy vehicles on dollars per mile however, not effieciency. For most people, that is the efficiency that matters, dollars spent for utility.”

Yep. I usually try to avoid going down the efficiency rabbit hole because it ignores costs. All that really matters is exactly what you said: dollars per mile.