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Electric Car Battery Pollution

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Battery electric vehicles BEVs are a key strategy for reducing air pollution and global warming emissions. The only thing that could. Cleaner Than What The Economist Electric hybrid and low-emission cars. Electric car battery pollution . Toxic emissions from tailpipes of diesel and petrol cars have caused tens of thousands of premature deaths each year. M-B estimates that currently an EV releases significantly more climate-warming gases. An electric car battery isnt just one giant battery. Three factors account for this. So the energy required to produce 2 ICE cars and the energy and pollution from scrapping 2 ICE cars has to be compared with the energy and pollution for just one EV. Even without reference to the source of electricity used for battery charging if an EV is driven 50000 miles over its lifetime the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the EV will. A new article published today by Transport Environment TE explains that claims that electri