Don’t get me wrong. I know the vehicle itself will have way lower emissions and than a regular gas or diesel vehicle, but what I’m confused on is that they will have to mine to get the raw materials to make these batteries and then once the battery is done it’s lifespan they will need to find a way to dispose or recycle these batteries. Imagine doing that capacity when the whole world has transitioned to EV.
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Currently, an EV has less emissions than a petrol/diesel car after very roughly 50k miles, thanks to just how much more they cost to make.
There is three ways they are better, as energy grids decarbonise the EVs effectively run cleaner. Also, an EVs emissions are mostly away from populated areas which makes city air nicer and for future cars battery technology is getting denser and some new batteries are less expensive to produce.
Currently, the lowest lifetime emissions come from PHEVs, since they don’t have the upfront cost of a massive battery but if charged properly run most of the time as an EV.
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