Dirty to Make, Cleaner to Drive: EVs Beat Gas Cars on Emissions in About Two Years

Burning Gas Pollutes So Much, Dirty EV Battery Manufacturing Evens Out In About 2 Years

Studies show that getting the minerals to make an EV battery is bad for the environment, but driving a gas-powered car is far worse.

Dirty to Make, Cleaner to Drive: EVs Beat Gas Cars on Emissions in About Two Years

Building an EV battery is not clean. Nobody serious pretends otherwise. A single battery pack can emit anywhere from 2.4 to 16 metric tons of CO₂ during manufacturing, according to MIT Climate Lab. An electric vehicle rolls off the assembly line carrying roughly 1.3 to 2 times the embedded emissions of a comparable gas car. [...]