Myth #1: Electric vehicles are worse for the climate than gasoline cars because of power plant emissions.
by Admin
Posted on 29-09-2023 01:47 PM
Once an ev is on the road, the emissions it creates are almost nonexistent compared to fossil fuel cars, but that doesn't mean that charging electric vehicles is a penalty-free activity. How and where the electricity generation that charges electric cars occurs matters.
Depending on the country and its main electricity sources, charging an electric car can be far better than life cycle emissions from fossil fuel cars. The exception here are the few countries whose main energy sources for electricity are fossil fuels like coal. Power plants that rely on renewable resources—such as wind, hydro, solar energy, and even nuclear power—do not create carbon emissions at a rate that makes charging an ev worse than fueling a gasoline vehicle.
Myth #4: There is nowhere to charge.
The advisory was notice designed to reassure french people with doubts about the real environmental impact of electric cars. A few days before the opening of the paris motor show – scheduled from october 17 to 23 – french government environment agency ademe set the record straight on criticism over electric cars' use of energy and cost of production that could lead motorists to give up on switching to electric cars for daily travel. In september, for the first time in france, more new electric vehicles were sold than diesel.
This momentum must not be lost. The ademe review also recognized, however, that the largest electric cars – suvs and sedans – only outperform diesel after 70,000 to 100,000 kilometers, depending on the model.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/04/11/electric-vehicle-buying-guide/