Fuel^ | Price | Unit | Energy used | Units | MJ/unit | Unit | MJ/100 km | $/100 km |
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Ethanol | $0.79 | Liter | 14.2 | Liters/100 km | 80 | Liter | 1132 | $11.23 |
Gasoline | $0.81 | Liter | 9.3 | Liters/100 km | 122 | Liter | 1132 | $7.57 |
Electric | $0.18 | kWh | 20.5 | kWh/100 km | 4 | kWh | 74 | $3.76 |
- This analysis does not include any price premium to purchase/maintain an electric vehicle compared to internal combustion engines
- ^EIA indicated that gasoline and electric include taxes. It is unclear if ethanol price reflects taxes. None of these prices reflect the subsidies for any processes inherent in any pathway. Gasoline and electric prices were average residential prices in NYS from 2008 to 2018 [36, 37], while the ethanol price from NYSERDA Biomass Roadmap [23]