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94.720 The electric vehicles aren't as green as you think
As the world focuses on the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow, the dawn of the electric vehicle era is sure to be touted as a major solution to a severe emissions problem. What few policy makers and business leaders seem to acknowledge, though, is just how dirty a process making these cars has become.
Consider this: As technologists work to make better EV batteries, one issue is getting more energy into a smaller, lighter powerpack. In their current form, these units end up becoming heavy, and increasing the total weight of the car, which in turn requires more energy to drive. To deal with this, carmakers have started turning to aluminum for light-weight body designs, with EVs using 45% more of the metal than traditional vehicles. Emissions from aluminum have started rising, too, because it's energy-intensive to mine and produce.
Even more basic, manufacturing of the body and chassis account for around half of the emissions produced from cradle-to-gate — that is, the carbon impact from raw material extraction to a completed vehicle. The metals used both for ICE vehicles and battery-electric ones make up 53% and 47% of cars' manufacturing carbon footprint, according to the Greenpeace report. Meanwhile, as companies try to make batteries that can take cars further, they are using nickel, cobalt and manganese, which generate still more greenhouse gases.
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TSLA M : nonsense lol
Thetato : This article probably is financed by a short holder, of curse it will be waste out of everything as human we made, the hole point or goal is reduce that and you should talk about the amazing job those company are doing on reducing waste, FYI I don’t own any Position on those company but I will.
SPACELIGHT : There is probably something to the article, albeit electric vehicle technology is in its infancy and improvements on every level will be made as time goes along. EV's are the future, and beyond that hydrogen and fusion.
camaro rider : I love to hear the comments of people who do not know how to write in English. talking like they are experts it is sad !