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by ZeroGravitas 927 days ago
This tool shows that an EV in France pays back it's carbon debt and overtakes gasoline after 10,000Km (roughly 1 year).

https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/how-clean-are-...

It also lets you change country and various other parameters e.g. compare with diesel or hybrids.

Two other interesting things I noticed:

1.It lets you choose where the battery is made (China Vs EU average Vs Sweden) and it has relatively little impact.

2. It lets you choose solar panels instead of a national grid, and France's grid almost exactly matches the figure they use.