Replacing a 120mpg scooter with an e-scooter doesn’t do much, maybe 2x improvement. Replacing a 12mpg truck with a EV is 10x improvement.
Don’t use “Xs” here to make your point. Both are pretty much the same multiple (X) difference since you’re only replacing the energy source. It’s changing an ICE for electricity from the grid. Doesn’t matter if it’s 5 WHr or 500 KwHrs, the ratio of carbon emissions between an ICE and the grid is the same.
And actually, if we’re talking some two stroke mopeds/scooters here, then the scooters are going to see the bigger ratio change here because they are a good clip less efficient than four stroke engines.
So, sure, for a single vehicle the raw emissions will be a larger decrease. But when we’re talking about world emissions we need to know about the number of vehicles and so if we’re seeing way more e-bikes hitting the road than BEVs, the e-bikes can easily be making a larger impact.
Lightning takes half a kilowatt per mile. That’s from the EPA window sticker numbers.
Low-end you’re getting 1.3 kw. Let’s say you can charge for 100 hours. 45 hours for work/commute and then an additional 23 hours out of the house per week. (Or 50 work/commute and 18 additional) That’s 260 miles per week.
14,000 miles per year. So a hair short of what the average American drives per year.
I’d say “no way” puts it way too aggressively. I was using low end L1 charging. One can also find public L2 or DC fast charging to supplement your at home charging. Maybe your work place has charging. Maybe you work from home.
L1 charging is too often ragged on and I think this is another perfect example of folks down-playing L1 charging.