There has been a concerted push from various groups promoting "studies" that find the production of EV cars (mainly batteries) offsets any carbon reduction. These "studies" are seriously flawed like the recent article stating the actual cost of fueling an EV is the equivalent of $17.33/ gallon.
Here is an article that looks at CO2 reduction and how many miles you need to drive an electric car before the net CO2 production is less than an ICE vehicle.
TLDR: "Lucien Mathieu, T&E’s cars director, said that even if you choose a worst-case scenario – vehicles made and driven with electricity largely from coal – the electric car will win out after about 70,000km (about six years of driving). “The more you drive an electric car, the better it gets,” he said."
(70K km is 43,500 miles or about 4 years for US drivers)
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Here is an article that looks at CO2 reduction and how many miles you need to drive an electric car before the net CO2 production is less than an ICE vehicle.
TLDR: "Lucien Mathieu, T&E’s cars director, said that even if you choose a worst-case scenario – vehicles made and driven with electricity largely from coal – the electric car will win out after about 70,000km (about six years of driving). “The more you drive an electric car, the better it gets,” he said."
(70K km is 43,500 miles or about 4 years for US drivers)
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