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Electric vehicles cause much more CO2 emissions during production as compared to cars with internal combustion engines due to complicated manufacturing process
by cbmuser 6y ago
Electric vehicles cause much more CO2 emissions during production as compared to cars with internal combustion engines due to complicated manufacturing process of the battery.
If you’re comparing CO2 emissions, you have to consider the full lifecycle.
- atmosx 6y agoThat's interesting, and self-defeating I might add! Do you have any data to share supporting the claim?
- imtringued 6y agohttps://www.allego.eu/blog/2019/october/circular-thinking--carbon-footprint https://www.allego.eu/blog/2019/october/circular-thinking--c...
- harrygeez 6y agoReally fascinating if true
- kashug 6y agoIt is also something a lot of people keep saying, but I have never seen proper documentation for it. So at this point I just think it is people repeating rumors. But it would be interesting to read a proper documentation of it.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoMost of the reputable reports I've seen put the payback time at 12 to 18 months.
- Swenrekcah 6y agoI can't help but feel the CO2 released by any manufacturing process is either: a) Due to the factory power source which will probably (hopefully) be renewable soon b) Due to some processing step where carbon capture should be a lot easier to perform than the direct air capture necessary to capture car emissions. So the method of emissions needs to be considered as well.