silence7@slrpnk.net to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 17 days ago'At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?'www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·17 days agoBuying a new car, any new car, EV or not is much worse than continuing to drive a current car. Most of the emissions come from the manufacture of the vehicle.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·17 days ago Most of the emissions come from the manufacture of the vehicle. Not true. EVs offset production emissions in 20-30, 000 miles.
minus-squareDyf_Tfh@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·17 days agoYou can actually scrap a nearly new ice car to change for an EV and still come ahead in lifetime emissions
minus-squareSineljora@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoNo mention of other emissions besides CO2?
Buying a new car, any new car, EV or not is much worse than continuing to drive a current car. Most of the emissions come from the manufacture of the vehicle.
Not true. EVs offset production emissions in 20-30, 000 miles.
You can actually scrap a nearly new ice car to change for an EV and still come ahead in lifetime emissions
No mention of other emissions besides CO2?