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Life Cycle Emissions: EVs vs. Combustion Engine Vehicles
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoThis feels like what you'd come up with if you wanted to minimize the EV advantage. Edward Tufte would not approve. They had so much faith in their infographic they added the text "Production emissions for battery EVS are ~40% higher than hybrid and combustion vehicles". They could have added similar text to the usage or total section, but didn't.
- willnonya 3y agoPerhaps. It is also a comparison that ignores the non-emission advantages ICE and hybrids have over BEVs.
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoThe diagrams in the source are much better (page 10): https://www.kearney.com/documents/291362523/295334577/Polestar+and+Rivian+pathway+report-+supported+by+Kearney.pdf https://www.kearney.com/documents/291362523/295334577/Polest... As are these earlier graphs from Polestar: https://www.polestar.com/dato-assets/11286/1630409045-polestarlcarapportprintkorr11210831.pdf https://www.polestar.com/dato-assets/11286/1630409045-polest...