Custoslibera@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoBuying a new car is not better than keeping an old onelemmy.worldimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1620arrow-down1270
arrow-up1350arrow-down1imageBuying a new car is not better than keeping an old onelemmy.worldCustoslibera@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years ago Electric cars are indeed much worse for the climate at production time than combustion cars likely will be throughout their entire lifetime. Break even point is currently around 13k miles though it depends on where you live. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/when-do-electric-vehicles-become-cleaner-than-gasoline-cars-2021-06-29/ And that’s not even counting the growing market of battery recyclers.
minus-squareCustoslibera@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoI found this analysis quite interesting: https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore
Break even point is currently around 13k miles though it depends on where you live.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/when-do-electric-vehicles-become-cleaner-than-gasoline-cars-2021-06-29/
And that’s not even counting the growing market of battery recyclers.
I found this analysis quite interesting:
https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore