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points by freeone3000 12 hours ago | 0 comments
Meaning electric cars at minimum 25% cleaner than an internal combustion vehicle.
[–] avidiax 12 hours ago
There is path loss to consider. I would imagine that large scale electricity generation is more efficient than small scale ICE engines, and EVs have regeneration, so probably the EVs still come out ahead.

And the emissions can be more easily controlled/scrubbed at the large scale.

[–] goodpoint 12 hours ago
It's much better that than: ICE are way more inefficient and therefore polluting than burning fossils in power plants.

It is well proven that even with electricity made 100% from coal an EV is still better than an ICE.

[–] lysace 12 hours ago
Not necessarily, if you include the supply chain of the BEV? (I assume.)
[–] iknowstuff 12 hours ago
Even the worst ev driven off coal nets out to less emissions in its lifetime than gas cars. this has been known and well studied for like a decade. Keep up!

Also their LFP batteries are extremely simple and recyclable forever.

[–] lysace 12 hours ago
Okay then, with that confidence you simply must be correct.
[–] triceratops 12 hours ago
Then you have to include the supply chain of the ICE vehicle too.