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The Honda Fit is 267 grams of CO2 per mile. https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=40076

If you include the upstream costs, that's another 56 grams of CO2 per mile.

The Prius is 158 grams of CO2 per mile and an upstream of 33 grams.

https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=42810

For a 3 way compare with the Fit, an Insight and a Prius - https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=42810&...

Select the "Energy and Environment" tab.

Note that the Prius has a function grid sources. https://www.miloslick.com/EnergyLogger_files/State_Electrici... . 1 kWh in Wyoming is 2.278 lbs of C02 while its 0.456 lbs of C02 in Oregon.

Based on https://www.novatotoyota.com/blog/how-many-miles-does-the-20...

> The plug-in hybrid car also has an electric-only range of 25 miles in EV Mode

with an 8.8 kWh battery.

That gets us to 2.84 miles/kWh.

Going back to the lbs/kWh with a US average of 1.363 lbs/kWh that gives 2.84 miles / kWh * 1.363 lbs / kWh which gives us 2.084 miles/lb which is 217 grams per mile... and that's in the ballpark of the Primus value given on fueleconomy.gov

Lets assume that fueleconomy.gov is correct for the US average and use an adjustment of x0.72 to get the value.

Taking this to Wyoming and you've got to increase that number by 1.67x (just using the ratio of US average to Wyoming)

Prius at 158 * 1.67 brings it to 263 grams/mile in Wyoming... which is the same as the Honda Fit.




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