The new research finds that in order to repay the carbon debt of making a new EV, it must be driven 4,400 miles if it’s a car and 6,700 miles each year if it’s a truck. That’s already well below the 12,500 miles the average driver travels in a year, and the benefits to making the switch are likely to grow.
As the United States increasingly relies on renewables, for example, charging an EV becomes even more environmentally appealing. Campbell and his co-author also point to improvements in battery recycling as a way of reducing the emissions involved with making an electric car.
One hole in this latest study is that it doesn’t consider the cost of going electric. While previous research has shown that EVs come with higher upfront costs but lower operating expenses, it’s a thread that Campbell hopes economists pull on. He would also like to see someone better account for the emissions generated while extracting oil and getting gasoline to the pump, rather than simply the burning. But, for now, he believes the study sends a clear message.
Haha We bought the highest equipment model when we bought our ID.4 because it’s so cool.
1 headlight set cost about $1,500 because it has Matrix light. 😋
But goddam it’s a nice car IMO, and I love all the extras. From what I know there are way fewer repairs in an electric. People used to be scared about the battery, but in reality it’s not a problem.
ICE cars have lots of things that wear down that are also expensive to repair, AFAIK more so than electric cars.
Regarding the surveillance I don’t think you can get a car in EU that doesn’t have it, because since 2018 the SOS emergency call function has been mandated by law in EU countries. Ans with that present, the necessary equipment for surveillance is already installed. So it makes no difference if it’s ICE or EV in that regard.
In USA I don’t think it makes any difference either, there is so much camera surveillance in USA, a lot of it private, but it goes through cloud services, so I bet authorities can access most of it if they want. So it doesn’t help much that you don’t have it installed in your car.
It’s 1984 that has come true in that regard, the only questio0n is how much we can trust the authorities, and many places that is not so much.
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Edited the price for the headlight, because the first price I found when checking was for a complete set.