This document compares the environmental impact of two dream cars: a 2015 BMW M4 and a 2020 Tesla Model X. It calculates that driving the BMW M4 15,000 miles would produce over 2.4 million liters of CO2 emissions, while the Tesla Model X would produce under 620,000 liters of CO2 for the same mileage. Therefore, based on the CO2 emission data and the Tesla being electric while the BMW is gas-powered, the document concludes that the Tesla Model X is more environmentally friendly than the 2015 BMW M4.
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kevin-tai pham and eric lin - dream car mini-project
This document compares the environmental impact of two dream cars: a 2015 BMW M4 and a 2020 Tesla Model X. It calculates that driving the BMW M4 15,000 miles would produce over 2.4 million liters of CO2 emissions, while the Tesla Model X would produce under 620,000 liters of CO2 for the same mileage. Therefore, based on the CO2 emission data and the Tesla being electric while the BMW is gas-powered, the document concludes that the Tesla Model X is more environmentally friendly than the 2015 BMW M4.
This document compares the environmental impact of two dream cars: a 2015 BMW M4 and a 2020 Tesla Model X. It calculates that driving the BMW M4 15,000 miles would produce over 2.4 million liters of CO2 emissions, while the Tesla Model X would produce under 620,000 liters of CO2 for the same mileage. Therefore, based on the CO2 emission data and the Tesla being electric while the BMW is gas-powered, the document concludes that the Tesla Model X is more environmentally friendly than the 2015 BMW M4.
By: Eric L and Kevin P BMW M4 CO2 BMW M4 2015 Tesla Model X 2020 calculations
1,535,475.5874g C8H18 1 mol C8H18 16 mol CO2 22.4L CO2
114g C8H18 2 mol C8H18 1 mole CO2
■ 2015 BMW M4 ■ 2020 Tesla Model X
Miles per electricity - 101 Tesla Model X CO2 ■ The miles per gallon - 26 ■ Is the BMW M4 eco friendly In 15,000 miles this car uses In 15,000 miles this car uses calculations ■ ■ compared to our alternative? approximately 577 gallons approximately 148 gallons Based on the data that we have ■ 577 gallons - 2,184,175.8mL ■ 148 gallons - 560,239.2mL collected, our dream car, 2015 ■ Amount of octane released ■ Amount of octane released 393,848.1576g C8H18 1 mol C8H18 16 mol CO2 22.4L CO2 BMW M4, is not as environmentally in grams - 1,535,475.5874g in grams - 393,848.1576g friendly as our other car (2020 ■ Amount of CO2 released in ■ Amount of CO2 released in Tesla Model X). This is because our liters - 2,413,659.87072L liters- 619,101.66528L 114g C8H18 2 mol C8H18 1 mole CO2 dream car the 2015 BMW M4 ■ The number of 2 liter ■ The number of 2 liter produces almost four times more bottles that would be bottles that would be liters of CO2 compared to our needed to contain all the needed to contain all the BMW M4: 2,413,659.87072L CO2 alternative car, the 2020 Tesla CO2 - 1,206,829.93536 two CO2 - 309,550.83264 2 Model X, due to it being a electric liter bottles. liter bottles. car rather than Our dream car Tesla Model X: 619,101.66528L CO2 which is the BMW M4.