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3	Transit Diesel*	4830	4025	4258	3621
4	RAV4	4070	3516	3497	3080
5	Niro Hybrid	2660	2939	2704	2143
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25	CT200h	825	794	841	458
26	RX 400 / 450 h	747	615	713	507
27	Colorado Diesel	666	753	722	663
28	MKZ	588	509	605	570
29	i3*	506	516	703	318
30	Malibu Hybrid	493	409	372	534
31	3-Series Plug in	475	260	365	144
32	ES Hybrid	467	356	448	330
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The Union of Concerned Scientists has updated their paper on how clean EVs really are in each region in the U.S.

New Numbers Are In and EVs Are Cleaner Than Ever - Union of Concerned Scientists


This one has a fun active map where you can compare the previous update with 2012 data vs 2014 data.

In MN, the average EV runs as cleanly (Greenhouse Gas wise) as a car that gets a combined 51mpg!
Being a Minnesota resident, I was very happy to see this and hope to see continued improvements.

Interestingly, a couple of regions actually lost ground.

Weighted by sales data, EVs have reached about 73mpg (CO2-wise) in the U.S.

A word of caution after the YouTube:


I am reminded of how NiMH batteries became a dead-end because the patents were held too tightly. Available for data centers, NiMH licenses all but banned them for transportation. Yet Toyota managed to get in before the curtain came down to the success of the Prius. Unintended, this increased the efforts in LiON batteries which are rapidly relegating NiMH to a footnote of history.

The problem is "Ceres" is limiting who can get access to their technology. In the USA, Cummins who also have a significant investment in ICE powered systems. Cummins advertises their interest in this technology for data center power ... the same grave of NiMH battery systems.

If history repeats itself, it means inspiration and investment of other, natural gas fed, fuel cell technologies. Trying to partner with "big companies" is the death of the technology until it become irrelevant. Here is the CEO of Ceres reading their last...