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Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: Tesla a greencar, really ?

"So a diesel engine has en efficiency of 40% , the rest of the energy is transforms to heat"

Best case scenario. Actual real world efficiency is _much_ less than this - usuallly 1-4% overall.

Unless you run your diesel at full load 100% of the time like a power station does.

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