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It’s not an easy calculation though. The environmental cost of manufacturing the vehicle really is very high. The total environmental cost of ownership depends
by jl6 4y ago
It’s not an easy calculation though. The environmental cost of manufacturing the vehicle really is very high. The total environmental cost of ownership depends on how much you drive it. For some level of use, it will be better for the environment to keep an old diesel than to build a new electric.
- arghwhat 4y agoThe problem is that polluting a little over many years end up being a hell of a lot. EPA has some US-specific numbers (https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths#Myth5 https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths#Myt...), which indicate that manufacturing remains a tiny part of the lifecycle of the car.