This gem appeared on the EVDL:
“According to a department of energy report a few years back, the largest single user of electricity in California are the refineries with the average of 12kwh used per gallon of gas produced.”
This means that your gasser is also an EV! I’ve seen lots of “long tail pipe” arguments against EVs, this is the first example of gas’ impact on electricity that I’ve heard. It nicely moves adds another positive conservation impact to the EV side of the equation.
Let’s talk real numbers: the RAVolt uses about 0.6kwh/mile. Assume the RAV4 got 24 mpg as a gasser. That’s .5kwh/mile of electricity input for gas production. Ignoring additional polluting raw materials, the RAVolt’s net pure electricity use compared to it’s gas use is 0.1kwh/mile. That’s a real savings and a real impact!