Comment by adamiscool8
22 days ago
The offset is not positive when you factor in the externalities that go into escalating Chinese EV production.
22 days ago
The offset is not positive when you factor in the externalities that go into escalating Chinese EV production.
Wrong, unless you can prove otherwise. EVs cost a little more emissions to build but are widely regarded as breaking even with a gas car in 1-2years after production. And even shorter as grids decarbonize.
I would love to see a thorough, agreed upon study comparing ICEs and EVs. If you have hard data (say, from a reputable journal, not just the news), please post.
https://theicct.org/publication/electric-cars-life-cycle-ana...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09596... (paywall)
https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/no-doubt-abo... is a writeup of https://www.bnef.com/insights/33557 which is paywalled.
the first and last link seem less trustworthy as they seem to be affiliated with industry orgs that benefit from EVs.
But link #2 seems solid, and a related search on Google Scholar points at a lot of interesting papers.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:B47EWn6YcDUJ:sc...
I looked at a few, and the overall consensus seems to be that at least EVs are not worse than ICEVs (and I suppose EVs will get efficient faster than ICEVs(.
Thanks!