Producing and manufacturing electric vehicles and their batteries uses a lot of energy, leading many to be skeptical about the environmental benefits of going electric.

The study also estimated that gas-powered vehicles cause at least twice as much environmental damage over their lifetimes as EVs, and said the benefits of EVs can be expected to increase in coming decades as clean sources of power, such as solar and wind, are brought onto the grid.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    The many fluids, the heat, the vibrations, the pistons, the belts, the transmission, the exhaust, the alternator. ICE vehicles are controlled chaos!