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Cars Are Rolling Computers Now. So What Happens When They Stop Getting Updates? (www.wired.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

This depends a lot on how much the one already in place pollutes, vs the new one.

For an EV vs a slightly older ICE, on your average western power grid (so not fully renewable, but not fully coal either), it takes just a few years till the EV's total lifetime emissions are less.