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by FredDollen 1390 days ago
It's actually worse for EVs. Any gas powered car has a range of 400+ miles. Only one or two EVs have a range even close to that. When you look the comparison between a gas car and an EV car having equivalent range, the CO2 payback is 200K miles+.
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Ponder this a moment. How many batteries will last 200,000 miles? What is the average mileage put on a car per year? 10,000 to 15,000? That is a payback in 13 to 20 years per EV. The expected EV battery life is 8 to 10 years.

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