Efficiency can be simply defined as how far you can travel with a certain amount of fuel. Seeing efficiency from another angle, the question is: how much power do I need to drive a kilometer? Cars move by converting energy from fuel \u2013 either it being petrol, electricity, or diesel \u2013 into kinetic energy, the energy of motion. Efficiency measures how much fuel energy is converted into kinetic energy to get the tires rolling. Therefore, the most efficient cars are the ones that use less energy for the same performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In internal combustion engine cars, efficiency is described in kilometers per liter. For electric vehicles, it\u2019s described in watt-hours (Wh) per kilometer. That\u2019s not the only difference between the two. The first and most important one is the engine’s efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eleven years from now, newly sold cars in the EU must have zero emissions standards. As sales surge, electric vehicles are poised to be the ones to decarbonize Europe\u2019s car fleet. Where do we start from? What are the outlooks towards the years to come? As the deadline is established, we feel the importance of informing our audience more on the topic. So comes EVolution. At IO, innovation and technology are our core business, so we\u2019ll focus this series on some of electric mobility\u2019s most discussed \u2013 and sometimes controversial \u2013 aspects.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n