How EV Adoption Will Impact Oil Consumption (2015-2025p)
As the world moves towards the electrification of the transportation sector, demand for oil will be replaced by demand for electricity. How Much Oil Do Electric Vehicles Save?A standard combustion engine passenger vehicle in the U.S. uses about 11 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per year. A motorcycle uses 1, a Class 8 truck about 24, and a bus uses more than 258 BOEs per year. When these vehicles become electrified, the oil their combustion engine counterparts would have used is no longer needed, displacing oil demand with electricity. Since 2015, two and three-wheeled vehicles, such as moped...