How efficient are electric vehicles and plugin hybrids?
Electric vehicles are the most efficient cars on the road. Using the Toyota RAV4 for comparison, the Gas version gets 21 MPG in the city and 26 MPG on highway while the EV RAV4 gets the equivalent of 125 MPG city and 100 MPG highway. These data points provided by FuelEconomy.gov. Depending on where and how electricity is produced EV’s have the potential to become more efficient over time whereas ICE cars only get less and less efficient over time. By leveraging local wind and solar, less electricity is wasted in transportation.
