Volvo have produced a study that shows that production of an EV has substantially more of an environmental impact than production of an equivalent IC fueled vehicle.
They state that it will be between 30k and 60k miles before the EV reaches break-even point and becomes the cleaner option.
Given that Volvo were one of the first to commit to producing EV's it's unlikely that their study will be biased in favor of IC vehicles.
It's difficult not to conclude that in the next ten years the rush to EV's will actually create a negative environmental impact, quite the opposite to what is required. By which time we'll all be "pretty much dead" if Tim is correct
As per Nick above, I'm not anti- EV, I'm just skeptical of the supposed gains they offer, particularly in the next ten years.
