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Life Cycle Emissions: EVs vs. Combustion Engine Vehicles (elements.visualcapitalist.com)

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We look at carbon emissions of electric, hybrid, and combustion engine vehicles through an analysis of their life cycle emissions.

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[–] BrerChicken 1 points 1 year ago

The 2/3rds was how much of the EV emissions would be cut by generating the electricity used to charge from renewables. The emissions cut by switching from a combustion engine to an EV is higher: from 47 tons of CO2 down to 13 tons, which is almost 3/4 (72%). And 9 of those tons come from manufacturing the vehicle itself, not the batteries. I'm sure at least SOME of that manufacturing emission had to do with how fossil-fuel energy generation in the manufacturing process so you could save even more.

That in itself would not fix the problem, but it would slow it down and give us more time to keep working on solutions. Buses are not the solution.___