Giga Germany delivers, recovers coal, fills gas vs. EV: Car News Today
Tesla makes its first deliveries from Giga Berlin. Electric cars cost even less to “fill up” than gas cars when pump prices increase. And there’s more coal in the mix. This and more, here at Green Car Report.
Yesterday Tesla delivers first cars from new factory in Germany, nicknamed Giga Berlin. CEO Elon Musk handed over 30 Model Y Performance crossovers to the first customers. The European market promises to be particularly lucrative for Tesla, in part due to the potential to gain from EU regulatory credits.
A report from the International Energy Agency shows that globally CO2 emissions related to electricity generation to increase in 2021, up 6%. The culprit in this key metric for electric cars: coal, which accounted for 40% of the increase.
And according to a recent analysis by the pro-EV trade group ZETA, Gasoline costs six times more to fill up compared to the cost to fully charge an electric vehicle per mile. It’s a reminder that as gas prices have skyrocketed, electricity payers in the US have enjoyed stable, predictable costs.
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