Are EVs really better for the climate?

Electric vehicles are rapidly growing in popularity as the number of different options has increased dramatically over the last couple of years and prices are beginning to move towards parity with internal combustion engine cars.

But once all the carbon costs of extracting, processing and manufacturing are taken into account, how much lower is the overall lifetime carbon footprint of an EV compared to and ICE car? And for that matter, what’s the carbon footprint of all the other types of transport we use in modern society?

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Energy-saving and New Energy Vehicle Technology Roadmap 2.0 http://en.sae-china.org/a3967.html

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