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Chemical to mechanical energy has loss, either in the genset or in a IC car.
Mechanical to electric energy conversion has a loss. Rectification and transformation of electric current has a loss. Battery charging has a loss. These losses are only for EV.
I would love to know the actual mpg of that arrangement.
Total efficiency is still better than with an ICE car, because the motor of the genset can always run at it's most efficient while in a vehicle you have lots of inefficient modes of operation. But it's not what people want to hear.
Perhaps. Certainly the generator is highly optimized for its application. It is still not clear to me that the miles per unit of co2 are actually there. It may be, especially when an IC car idles. I just don't see the cost benefit clearly.
The energy to build the generator for EV charging would also need to be "charged," to the EV's account. Maybe it is the exchange of capital for operating co2 cost.
The fact that it is being pushed on us tells me what I really need to know... "Somebody wants me to think that EV is better." Why? Could be about money, could be about control, could be about making the weather colder. It is not clear what the agenda is, but it does not seem to be about my needs, preferences, value, and risk.
Around 40-50 mpg. Without knowing the equipment and specs hard to tell.
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