I don't understand why all the powers that be have forgotten or ignore the German study and others that show that manufacturing an EV car of 500kg or more results in 74% increase in carbon emissions compared to an ordinary car. How does this escape consciousness?
Nick
... because iirc that study included a disproportionate amount of dirty coal, which wouldn't apply here. (& might not even have been a fair reflection of German power generation)
and because, like all the 'pro fossil' studies, they conveniently ignore the carbon cost of exploration, prospecting, drilling, extraction, transport, refinement, and distribution of the fuel. Refining gasoline alone requires about 5Kwh of electricity per gallon, which is enough to take a Tesla Model S around 20 miles.
