Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net · 6 months agoEVs have lower lifetime emissions than gas cars: studydriving.caexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down19
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minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoNot necessarily, an EV running on green electricity catches up in about 30k km if I recall correctly, that’s two years of driving. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/24/analysis/gasoline-versus-electric-cars-life-cycle-emissions-compared-canada The vast majority of ICE cars emissions come from their usage, not their production, so it’s environmentally beneficial to take them off the road and recycle as much of them as possible even if they’re still road worthy.
Not necessarily, an EV running on green electricity catches up in about 30k km if I recall correctly, that’s two years of driving.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/24/analysis/gasoline-versus-electric-cars-life-cycle-emissions-compared-canada
The vast majority of ICE cars emissions come from their usage, not their production, so it’s environmentally beneficial to take them off the road and recycle as much of them as possible even if they’re still road worthy.