A memo to all the Toyota-haters — via drivingdotca Sustainability
Much of the umbrage nonetheless appears specifically directed at hybrids. Indeed, the primary demand of Public Citizen — the group leading many of the protests — seems to be that Toyota phase out all hybrids in North America, including PHEVs like the RAV4 Prime, by 2030. Never mind that the American government is only calling for 50-per-cent battery-electric new-car sales by that date. Or that a Prius’ CO2 output is roughly 60 per cent less than the current new-car average in the United States.
The alternative, that fourth scenario I mentioned, sees BEVs and hybrids being promoted equally. The results are markedly different, and not to the advantage of battery power. For one thing, despite robust infrastructure support, BEVs can’t compete with the attraction of hybrids. So, while hybrids dominate new-car sales at the end of this scenario with more than 80 per cent of new car sales, BEVs, on the other hand, remain stuck below 10 per cent.
That’s because, in MIT’s best-case scenario of battery-powered vehicles, less than a quarter of America’s gas-powered fleet is replaced by greener EVs. On the other hand, with a combined hybrid-and-electric-vehicles strategy, the number of purely fossil-fuelled vehicles is down more than 60 per cent, even if fewer of the replacements are purely electric.Article contentIndeed, even thoug
their sheer numbers overwhelm the EVs’ greater emissions reductions per car. Nor does the fact that “grid electricity in the U.S. is sourced mainly from fossil fuel generation having higher carbon content than gasoline on a ‘gallon of gasoline equivalent’ basis” work to the EVs’ advantage. In other words, Public Citizen’s contention that an all-EV strategy would reduce greenhouse gases more quickly than hybrids would seem suspect when balanced against America’s current grid strategy.
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