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When you say tiny fraction, do you take into account the total carbon emissions for the life of the car? Direct emissions are in single digits, but what about
by kumarvvr 5y ago
When you say tiny fraction, do you take into account the total carbon emissions for the life of the car?
Direct emissions are in single digits, but what about decades of maintenance that requires oil changes, parts production, transmission changes, etc?
An EV is much simpler than an ICE vehicle, has lesser metal and requires fewer moving parts.
Metal production is highly carbon intensive. Not to mention recycling and reusing.
- fock 5y agoa car which was specced for 80km/h and head-to-head collision with similar cars would save even more metal/ressources. As well as leaving out stuff like: AC, car-grade entertainment computers (look at SV superfunds sites for how great chip production is), electrical seat-actuation, windows and ...