Cleaner electric vehicles, Newcastle University study results

Those who were against electric vehicles and considered them deceptively green technology may well be speechless after the publication of this study by a British university.

Another study of electric vehicles

A recent study has just confirmed that a car equipped with a heat engine definitely emits much more CO2 than an electric motor (from construction phase to power source). Comparative studies between the two engine types have certainly been plentiful, but this study from the University of Newcastle focused on 44 electric vehicles from Nissan.

Newcastle University professor Phil Blythe announced that the demonstration had taken place: electric cars are a much better option than cars equipped with heat engines. This technology will be of great help in the fight against a sharp increase in air pollution. He also adds that the competent authorities should encourage the promotion of the use of these vehicles in order to reduce the pollution resulting from car traffic in urban areas.

Electricity significantly reduces CO2 emissions

Electric motorization is much less polluting than the thermal method, given that England uses fossil fuels to supply electricity, unlike France, which uses nuclear energy. After three years of research and long calculations, we came up with a very clear result: the CO2 emissions of a car with an internal combustion engine is 134 g/km, while that of an electric car is 85 g/km.

This test duration also revealed that each of those 44 Nissan Leaves traveled 648000 40 km, with an average of 19900 km of autonomy and battery recharges.