Identify and describe TWO envioronmental benefits to using electric
vehicles in place of petrol/diesel for transportation ?,Estimate the
potential reduction in petroleum consumption (in gallons of
petrol/desiel per year)that could be achieved in the uk by introducing
electric vehicle under the following assumptions:mileage rate for the
average car is 25 miles per gallon of petrol/desiel,the average car is
driven 12,000 miles per year,The uk has 15 million cars,10% of uk cars
could be replaced with electric vehicles?

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Request for Question Clarification by hedgie-ga on 22 Nov 2006 08:47 PST

Is this a homework, or unusual form of curiosity?

This link:


http://www.driveclean.ca.gov/en/gv/driveclean/vtype_electric.asp
DriveClean


from the State of California should provide enough information to get
you started on your research, as CA has long had a commitment to
supporting electric vehicles.


Additional information can be found here:


http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/electric_car_page.htm



Of course, the actual calculations of potential savings for an entire
is a large undertaking, but many of the details you will need can be
found at the links above.

Let me know if there's anything more you need.


pafalafa-ga

stig23,

   You haven't provided enough information to estimate the savings in
energy usage. What is the difference in efficiency between internal
combustion & electric vehicles? Without this it can't be calculated.