> driving a used car might produce more CO2 (Which the author is alluding to as being dirtier after X years of ownership) but has none of these secondary effect

> driving a used car might produce more CO2 (Which the author is alluding to as being dirtier after X years of ownership) but has none of these secondary effects. You're comparing a new EV to a used ICE car. Brand new ICE cars have similar pollution to brand new EVs. Sure, second-hand cars are better. Second-hand everything is better for the planet. But the world is full of people who will continue to buy brand new cars off the production line, and for those people, an EV is ultimately cleaner. And for you and me, there are second-hand EVs out there which are even cleaner again than a second-hand ICE that continues to pollute with every mile it drives.