US policymakers are rolling out big incentives for electric vehicle buyers who surrender a gas-powered model, advancing efforts to cancel carbon emissions.
Not to mention that the emissions it took to produce the EV still need to be offset, so the polluting vehicle makes sense to keep depending on how often they drive.
It looks good on paper to be able to say, “we took another ICE vehicle off the road”, when realistically it makes no sense.
Not to mention that the emissions it took to produce the EV still need to be offset,
I saw an article posted on here within the last few weeks that an EV beats a new gas car on emissions by ~15k miles driven. In other words, the break even point for a normal commuter’s driving requirements is about 12-18 months.
You’re looking at a few years of driving an ICE before you’re behind a new EV plus driving the same distance. That makes it better for the environment to replace an ice now with a BEV, because you’ll be contributing less to emissions in about 18 months or so.
Not to mention that the emissions it took to produce the EV still need to be offset, so the polluting vehicle makes sense to keep depending on how often they drive.
It looks good on paper to be able to say, “we took another ICE vehicle off the road”, when realistically it makes no sense.
I saw an article posted on here within the last few weeks that an EV beats a new gas car on emissions by ~15k miles driven. In other words, the break even point for a normal commuter’s driving requirements is about 12-18 months.
You’re looking at a few years of driving an ICE before you’re behind a new EV plus driving the same distance. That makes it better for the environment to replace an ice now with a BEV, because you’ll be contributing less to emissions in about 18 months or so.