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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There are plenty of in-depth reporting on this. Yes, they’re greener as long as you keep it for more than a year or so. Takes more global-warming-energy to make one than an ICE car, but operating it takes far less. Even with coal fired electricity.

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