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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Yes they’re cleaner. The thing about the comparisons of EV vs ICE is it’s never an apples to apples comparison. EV’s are calculated using all the emissions of their lifetime. For example, the coal for the power is factored, but the ICE is only factored in for the gasoline it burns. IT ignores refining, transport, drilling and so on. Gasoline refining is a very dirty process yet it’s ignored when trying to say EV’s are less green. If you do apples to apples, compare every step of getting an ICE to go vs an EV, than the EV wins by an absolute landslide. Even using the very dirtiest fuel possible for the EV.
So are EV’s greener? Yes, a lot greener.
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