Studies show clearly that, with time-of-day pricing, electrification of vehicles creates little need for new electricity-generating plants, and also that even with today’s coal-heavy electric grids, electrified vehicles emit less CO2 than gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles. And, as the grid’s CO2 emissions are cleaned up, the vehicles’ role as a source of emissions will decline.
研究结果明确显示，在目前的价格体系下，汽车电气化并不需要新建发电厂，而且即便今天的电网仍以煤为主要能源，电气化车辆所排放的二氧化碳也低于以汽柴油为动力的车辆。而且随着电网排放的二氧化碳被清理完毕，汽车所起的排放源作用也将随之下降。