Another way to look at EVs is that their motors are 85% efficient (fanboy numbers) but they get their electricity from batteries which return 95% of the power put into them(unless under heavy load and then it drops a lot). the batteries get their power from the specialized charger (90%efficient) which in turn gets its power from the distribution network (94% efficient) which in turn gets its power from the transmission network (92% efficient) which in turn gets 65% of it’s power from fossil fuel plants (33% efficient) SO if we put this all together the bottom line is .85 x .95 x .9 x .94 x .92 x .33 = 20.7% so EVs are a third less efficient at converting fossil fuel to useful work than ICE powered cars. BUT since only 64 % of the grid is fossil powered correcting for this gives 32%.
According to an EV promoting EV fanboy site ICE engines are up to 40% efficient THEREFORE IT MAKES NO SENSE TO HAVE EV’S BECAUSE THEY BURN MORE FOSSIL FUEL THAN ICE VEHICLES if you are going by saving fossil fuel and avoiding the perfectly harmless CO2 because batteries don’t MAKE power they just store it from another source.
And…. That doesn’t even look at the other downsides of EVs. Like Cost, charging time, battery life, range, availability of charging stations, electric generation capacity, etc.
Add in the cost of more tires.
EVs are way heavier than normal automobiles, so tire wear is cut by a third.......................