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Impact of EV to the Utility sector

Erwin Smole on March 29, 2009 | 1448 Views

PricewaterhouseCoopers published a study about the impact of EV to the Austrian Utility sector. Main findings for 20% EV (1 Mio vehicle):

- 3% more generation

-network is already sufficient

- 19% lower CO2

- 1,3 bn positive economic impact (!)

Free for download at www.pwc.com/at

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