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by bocytron 94 days ago
> An EV running half on coal is better than a gasoline car for carbon emissions.

Source? Does that take into account full life cycle (including manufacturing)?

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https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/ev-fossil-cars-climate

This even compares cars built in an unrealistic 100% coal grid, and fuelled on 100% coal grid. Driving 14k miles a year for 10 years a Tesla Model 3 built under those extreme conditions beats a gas Fiat 500