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>The data doesn't really exist yet though It certainly does. The problem with that is the lies attached to it. Ask a big oil executive and a Tesla engineer for
by 1970-01-01 3y ago
>The data doesn't really exist yet though
It certainly does. The problem with that is the lies attached to it. Ask a big oil executive and a Tesla engineer for an EV life cycle analysis and they arrive at opposite conclusions. Big oil will declare most EVs 'charge dirty' and were never meant to last beyond 10 years. Tesla will conveniently leave out statistics on their early Model S cars. The truth is somewhere in the middle.
- raxxorraxor 3y agoI was thinking about the real life cycle. A maintainable car can live up to 30 years and longer. They are shipped to third world countries where they are repaired extensively. But that isn't possible with new cars that put DRM in their components so third parties cannot supply parts. The economics of repairs change and that causes a massive increase in emissions since a lot more cars must be build in the first place and they must be replaced more often. Most EV aren't that old yet, so data beyond the leasing lifetime isn't to readily available.