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by Jtype
1400 days ago
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You don't provide any evidence to refute OP, and you use vitriol in your reply. EV cars use more rare elements that require more mining is true. So one would assume that the initial CO2 generated in the productions to be higher. The grid isn't 100% renewable so there is plenty of co2 produced in running an EV. EV batteries wear out around 100000 miles, requiring a costly(both $$ and CO2 production) replacement. Meanwhile ICE cars today can regularly approach 200000 miles before replacement. With those three things considered, I highly doubt that CO2 production is impacted all that strongly by switching to an EV. |
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https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/driving-c...
Figure 4 on page 11 is particularly interesting.
Their summary points are:
* Everywhere in the United States, driving the average EV results in lower emissions than the average new gasoline vehicle.
* Over 90 percent of people in the United States live in regions where driving the average EV produces lower emissions than the most efficient gasoline vehicle on the market today (59 miles per gallon).
* Driving the average EV in the United States produces global warming emissions equivalent to those emitted by a gasoline car getting 91 miles per gallon.
* Driving the most efficient EV produces lower emissions than the most efficient gasoline car where 97 percent of the population lives—in other words, virtually everywhere in the United States.
* Everywhere in the United States, the emissions from driving an EV pickup truck are lower than those for the average new gasoline or diesel pickup truck.