New study claims electric vehicles pollute less than fossil fuel cars, but their batteries are another story
07/30/2021 / By Ramon Tomey
Many countries worldwide have promoted electric vehicles (EVs) as less-polluting versions of gasoline-powered cars. Alongside this, many studies have also emerged that said EVs actually produce more pollution. However, a new paper defending EVs said they emit far less emissions than traditional vehicles.
The July 2021 paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) claimed that battery-powered EVs “have by far the lowest life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions.” It arrived at this claim by looking at the four most relevant powertrain types. These included internal-combustion engine vehicles, including hybrid electric ones; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; battery electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles.
The ICCT report also looked a number of fuel types and power sources such as gasoline, diesel, natural gas, biofuels, e-fuels, hydrogen and electricity. Alongside its earlier finding, the report discovered that only electric vehicles powered by batteries and hydrogen fuel cells “have the potential to achieve the magnitude of lifecycle [greenhouse gas] emissions reductions needed to meet Paris Agreement goals.”
https://www.environ.news/2021-07-30-study-electric-vehicles-pollute-less-conventional-cars.html