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Clive, yes on board electric power to traction power is efficient some 85% I think. The big problem with electric is the reverse of IC. The generation, transmission and battery storage is very inefficient, im loose with the numbers, but its about 10-15% energy efficient I think. Petrol generation transmission and storage is very energy efficient indeed.
So, the IC path from oil in the ground to traction power, is about efficient as coal in the ground to traction power for electric, all things considered.
The whole "the barstds killed electric cars" conspiricy theorys are a myth, debunked years ago and im supprised you believe all that shiet.
Electric cars back then were leased and then trashed at the end of the lease for a very simple reason. The infrustructure required to support them was expensive for such a low volume production. Consumer law requires support and spare parts etc is available for the life of a product if they had sold them. The cost to make all spare parts available country wide for 20 odd years for such a specialised low volume product would have been insane. Or imagine actually resetting up an entire production line 15 years after it was shut down to make 3 spare batteries or motors!
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