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Power loss from Electrical Plant to the wheels of your electric vehicle.
1. 60% thermal loss at generation plant/
2. 8% loss in transmission lines/
3. 1% loss charging the battery/
4. 7% loss from the electric motors in the car/
Total loss is 76%. (thus 24% makes it to your wheels)
A modern diesel engine typically gets 30 to 37% efficiency. This is much better than an electric vehicle. The very best of diesels can obtain 43 to 44% efficiency but are not cheap. You will lose about 15% due to drive train losses. Thus we get 36% to the wheels. Much better than an electric vehicle.
Bottom line, if the electricity is generated by fossil fuels more carbon dioxide is created than a good diesel engine will put out.