Here's How Much My Tesla Model 3 Actually Pollutes
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My Tesla Model 3 is powered mostly by coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. Here's how much pollution it's caused in the last 5 years.
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The great thing about electric vehicles is that they have so many benefits that you don’t even need to be concerned with saving the planet to want one. Electric vehicles help the environment immensely because they produce much less pollution than gasoline vehicles. My Tesla Model 3 has 133,000 miles it’s mostly been powered by the dirtiest of all fossil fuels: coal. To find out the negative impact my Tesla has had on the environment we need to calculate how much CO2 it has released into the atmosphere then compare that to a gasoline vehicle’s emissions. Carbon intensity is a measure of how clean electricity is and refers to how many grams of CO2 are released to produce one kilowatt hour of electricity. Electricity that's generated using fossil fuels such as coal is obviously more carbon intensive compared to electricity that is generated by cleaner methods such as renewables like solar, hydro, and wind. Hydropower is about the only significant renewable energy source here in Kentucky, and the state ranked last in the country in wind and solar power generation last year so Kentucky has a whopping 1.73 lbs of CO2 emitted per kilowatt hour of electricity produced. Based on my Tesla Model 3’s lifetime efficiency it uses an average of 0.252 Kilowatt hours of electricity per mile driven which means I can travel about 4 miles using one kilowatt hour of electricity. If we take my state’s carbon intensity of 1.73 lbs and divide that by the 4 miles traveled per kilowatt hour then that results in 0.43 lbs of CO2 emitted per mile driven in my Tesla Model 3 here in Kentucky. If we divide that by my car’s 0.43 lbs that means my 2018 Tesla Model 3 is equivalent to a gas car that gets 46 miles per gallon. Keep in mind that 46 miles per gallon number is only referring to the pollution aspect and isn’t related to the the fuel savings. If my Tesla Model 3 pollutes the same amount as a car that gets 46 miles per gallon, does that mean it’s bad for the environment? The most fuel efficient non-hybrid gas car with the highest miles per gallon happens to be a Mitsubishi Mirage that gets 39 miles per gallon with its cute three-cylinder engine. My coal powered Tesla in Kentucky is already better for the environment than any pure internal combustion engine vehicle that runs solely off gas. If I lived in nearly any other state such as Washington for example, my Tesla would be nearly 10 times better for the environment because of the low carbon intensity of that state. The best part about owning a pure electric vehicle even in a carbon intensive state like Kentucky is that the CO2 emitted per mile should only improve over time as the power grid gets cleaner and fossil fuels are replaced with renewable energy. A big source of electric vehicle emissions is the creation of their large lithium-ion batteries which can produce more emissions than building a comparable gas car. But the electric vehicle advantage is still huge with a medium-sized EV producing 60-68% fewer greenhouse gas emissions over its lifetime on average than a gas-powered car.
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