Electric Vehicles Have A Very Dirty Secret

[rebewranger]

WRITTEN BY ANDREW ORLOWSKI ON MAR 29, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS

Electric Vehicles Have A Very Dirty Secret

volvo manufacturing plantA new restaurant has opened in town. Only the portions are small, the food is cold and tasteless, and the service is grumpy and indifferent. The owners appeal to the Government, which promptly bans all rival restaurants within a 25-mile radius.

If this sounds madly improbable, it shouldn’t. The principle is alive and well in the UK, and beginning to define how we live and work. [bold, links added]


Lobbyists have discovered that the only way to advance their deeply flawed and inferior products is with the connivance of the state.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/electric-vehicles-have-a-very-dirty-secret/

[Kamaji]

The Volvo research article the OP's article refers to is interesting:

Volvo Says CO2 Emissions From Making EVs 70% Higher Than Gas Vehicles

The punchline:

Volvo estimated that an electric Volvo C40 needs to be driven around 68,400 miles (110,000km) to have a lower total carbon footprint than its petrol equivalent if the former is powered by the current global electricity mix.

Source:  https://climatechangedispatch.com/volvo-says-co2-emissions-from-making-evs-70-higher-than-gas-vehicles/

[EdinVA]

The Volvo research article the OP's article refers to is interesting:

Volvo Says CO2 Emissions From Making EVs 70% Higher Than Gas Vehicles

The punchline:

Source:  https://climatechangedispatch.com/volvo-says-co2-emissions-from-making-evs-70-higher-than-gas-vehicles/

Another unicorn bites the dust...