I’ve seen a lot of posts here on Lemmy, specifically in the “fuck cars” communities as to how Electric Vehicles do pretty much nothing for the Climate, but I continue to see Climate activists everywhere try pushing so, so hard for Electric Vehicles.
Are they actually beneficial to the planet other than limiting exhaust, or is that it? or maybe exhaust is a way bigger problem?
What is the carbon footprint, particularly of the batteries, during both manufacture and disposal. How does that compare to internal combustion engines?
Better after some mileage, the specifics of which depend on things like your country’s power generation and what kind of ICE car you are replacing. It’s within the first 15,000 miles / 25,000 km unless your country runs entirely on coal or something. Over the lifetime of the car it’s significantly better.