re: Do people realize the fuel for EVs is Petroleum?

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Here’s a calculator you can use
IEA vehicle life cycle calculator

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Internal combustion

A typical medium car with a petrol (gasoline) engine and driven 42 km per day will be responsible for life-cycle emissions of 54.1 t of CO2-eq over a 15-year lifetime in the Stated Policies scenario.

Plug-in hybrid (PHEV)

An equivalent plug-in hybrid EV would produce 36.9 t, or 32% less over its lifetime.
Battery EV

An equivalent battery EV with a 300 km range would produce 25.0 t, 54% less over its lifetime than a conventional internal-combustion vehicle and 32% less than an equivalent plug-in hybrid EV. Despite higher manufacturing emissions associated with producing the battery, the battery EV's cumulative emissions are lower than those of its internal-combustion equivalent after 2 years.

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