Yoann Gimbert – Transport & Environment https://www.transportenvironment.org Campaigning for cleaner transport in Europe Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:33:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 How clean are electric cars? https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/how-clean-are-electric-cars/ Mon, 30 May 2022 07:43:55 +0000 https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/how-clean-are-electric-cars/ We have taken into account all possible criteria such as the amount of CO2 emitted when electricity is produced or fuel is burnt, as well as the carbon impact of resource extraction for batteries or of building a power plant. We find out that electric cars in Europe emit, on average, more than 3 times less CO2 than equivalent petrol cars. In the worst case scenario, an electric car with a battery...

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