MIT Study Finds Gas Cars Aren't Secretly Better For The Planet Than EVs, Despite What Everyone On Facebook Says

4 months ago by sanitation to c/technology

MIT's researches found that EVs save 40%–60% of emissions compared to gas cars, with that going up to 90% in urban driving.

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RememberTheApollo_ 21 points 4 months ago

The only “everyone” are trolls, paid or otherwise, the ignorant, and right wingnuts parroting the trolls and ignorant.

And there are a shitload of them who all seem to want to show off that opinion.

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mysteryhumpf 8 points 4 months ago

Half my family believes this it’s one of the major reason they don’t switch to EVs despite being believers of climate change.

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Jiral 4 points 4 months ago

Pretty insane how well that disinformation works. If you are worried about nickel, mangan and cobalt, just get a car with an LFP battery, which doesn't need those heavy metals (it is based on lithium and iron phosphate). The only other critical resource in appreciable amounts is neodynium for permanent magnets. We are talking about 1-3 kg per car.

If you think that makes EVs worse for climate or environment than ICE vehicles, think again.

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