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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Even when charged by coal, the EVs are cleaner. Plus you can change the source of your electricity. You can’t do that with gasoline. It’s always oil.

The lithium is infinitely recyclable. Can’t recycle gasoline.

It’s not completely free of pollution but what it does produce is less and easier to manage.

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