From the article:
An auto club in Germany that claims 21 million members ran some controlled charging test electric vehicles to see how efficient that process was. The results put another nail in the value coffin. Not only are they expensive to buy and own, but the average charge also wastes up to 13% of the electricity.
Put another way, the consumer is charged for all the electricity required to fully charge the battery, which is as much as 13% more than the battery can hold.
So, imagine pouring two gallons of gasoline on the ground every time you filled a 20-gallon tank. People would lose their collective minds. But that will be standard for every charge of every vehicle in the utopian electric fleet of the future.
ADAC’s Ecotest calculated the kWh needed to fully charge a range of electric vehicle batteries.
The result of the test under the same conditions for all electric car models: E-car drivers have to plan for a particularly large amount of power loss for some models – but everyone has to pay extra. According to the ADAC Ecotest, a 100 kWh battery in a Tesla Model X100D actually needs 108.3 kWh. The Kia e-Niro Spirit has 72.3 kWh for a 64 kWh battery. The Jaguar I-PACE EV400 also needs at least 10 kWh more for a 90 kWh battery.
With electricity prices scheduled to double in New Hampshire (as an example) and with the cost of EVs still out of the range of most middle and lower-income families, throwing money out the window with every charge might just as well be another tax
Well, then you would have to add in the gasoline and other fuels consumed in the mining and production of lithium---and other rare metals. I've read such analyses and it destroys the electric vehicle model as a "reduction" in carbon footprint.
Lithium batteries have an energy density of maybe 260 watt-hours/kg (0.936 MJ/kg), whereas kerosene or gasoline has a heat of combustion of 46.2 MJ/kg. This is the reason that it is highly unlikely that airplanes will convert to electric propulsion. I do agree that it is not a contest, but not for the reason you think. And try to lug a megajoule of electrical energy anywhere. It's easier to transport kerosene.
For the vast majority, electric cars are too expensive to purchase and entertain the problems of (1) what to do when you run out of charge on the road, and (2) do you carry insurance for battery fires? So few electric cars; so many battery fires. So many gasoline-powered cars; so few car gasoline fires. Also, very problematic life when the battery replacement can cost up to $15k and the used EV market is unknown.
As for hybrids, the point is that you repose the main energy store in a fuel, not a battery. Such battery that there would be is only enough needed to handle transients in loading through a spell of driving. So, it is a great reduction in weight: less battery by the major part of the battery being replaced by fuel in a 1:46 ratio.