Producing and manufacturing electric vehicles and their batteries uses a lot of energy, leading many to be skeptical about the environmental benefits of going electric.

The study also estimated that gas-powered vehicles cause at least twice as much environmental damage over their lifetimes as EVs, and said the benefits of EVs can be expected to increase in coming decades as clean sources of power, such as solar and wind, are brought onto the grid.

    • sorghum@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      Oh, I suspect a full half a million is quite possible with maybe just changing out a pack or 2. I think as battery tech progresses, in the future you might be able to purchase a car sans battery and just transplant your old cars battery to the new car. It’s amazing what mass adoption of cellphones have done to progress battery tech in my lifetime.