Overall, electric vehicles are climate friendly.
Category: travel
Energy of Personal Transport
Personal choices and environmental policies that increase vehicle occupancy will have the greatest reduction on our environmental impact.
William Schlesinger
faculty, land use, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability, travel, water pollution
faculty, land use, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability, travel, water pollution
The Ultimate Invasive Species
Future generations will have no escape from the pressure of their own numbers and the stresses of a full planet.
Life-time side-by-side comparison: Electric vs. gasoline automobiles
Over a similar lifetime, electric vehicles emit about 10-24% less greenhouse warming potential than conventional vehicles
Old car or new car?
Across a range of size, the energy it takes to manufacture a new car is equivalent to about one year of the energy used to power it.