Renault Kangoo carbon dioxide out of town

Out of town has also the ICE internal combustion engine a good efficiency. The total superiority of the electric drive system is out of town clearly smaller.

European norm consumption out of town

Drive energy	CO2 emission	g/km
Gasoline 6.2 Litre		147
Diesel 4.7 Litre		125
Natural gas 5.3 kg		118
Lignite 19,6 kWh		216
Coal		176
German electricity mix 2007		101
Natural gas		72
Austrian electricity mix		49
Austrian railways electricity mix		24
Photovoltaic / Wind energy		8

In oppoist to city traffic, electric power from coal increases out ot town the emission compared to the ICE internal combustion engine. First at the 514 g CO2/kWh from the German electricity mix 2007 has the plug-in-hybrid less emissions than the ICE internal combustion engine.

It's possible to make from a part of the saved fossile fuel electric power. High efficient power plants and electric drive save raw material and CO2 emissions. How much shows the comparison of emissions from the natural gas Kangoo vs the electric Kangoo powered by a natural gas power plant.