A study in this week's Scientific Reports by researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) and in China add more fuel to the already hot debate about whether electric vehicles are more environmentally
friendly than conventional vehicles by uncovering two hidden benefits.
The power lost by these systems in transferring energy could be enough to make electric
vehicles and plug - in hybrid electric
vehicles less environmentally
friendly than conventional cars, says Michael Kintner - Meyer at the Energy and Environment Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.