“We’re not proposing that we switch entirely to using hybrid cars.”Because EVs require more raw materials and different manufacturing procedures they’re more carbon-intensive to make than gasoline-powered cars, hybrids and plug-in hybrids, according to Argonne National Laboratory, which created themodel to measure all aspects of a vehicle’s greenhouse gas emissions. Still, most of the pollution associated with them occurs from on-road use over many years. And on that basis, the EV wins.
Argonne’s estimates are based on the current average U.S. electric grid, but in the years ahead they’ll keep getting better for EVs and less so for hybrids, said Jarod Kelly, a principal analyst at Argonne, near Chicago. So Toyota’s argument about the broader carbon-reduction impact that can happen with a dramatic increase in hybrid sales, though true now, may not hold up for much longer. It also doesn’t speed a societal shift away from oil.
Based on his research, Phadke is convinced that not only will the grid keep getting cleaner but that over time tight supplies of battery materials will ease and prices for EVs will drop. “In terms of long-term affordability, battery prices, in the long run, are likely to come down,” he said. Still, he doesn’t know exactly when.Amol Phadke, staff scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Perhaps--but while many 'chase' this latest [money-making] trend what evolving environmental & economic impacts are quietly mounting--ignored...
Doesn't appear your article takes into account the carbon footprint to manufacture both types of vehicles. If you are truly going to compare the two, you need to include the manufacturing and sourcing activities. Then your headline would change.
Whose side are you on? And where are you getting facts?
and after 5 years you have to recycle this ruin and then it becomes a real mess
Is what's powering the electric grid greener than using ICE cars?
EVs are a vanity purchase. The future is fuel powered cars
An EV is better right after you buy it
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