Eli5: are electric cars greener?

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Clarkson and others always ask the question, ‘where does the electricity come from?’

There are other stats that say it’s only better after a certain amount of miles driven or that the Lithium quarries produce significant amount of pollution.

What and where do these claims come from, how true are they and how false are they?

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If you compared a brand new EV to a brand new gasoline then yes! But if you’re comparing a brand new EV to a used gasoline car, then it’s a mixed case where the gasoline car is probably better since it’s already produced and not generating “new” emissions in the production cycle of the vehicle.

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