Their breakeven time finding of 25,000 miles is directionally consistent with [the Union of Concerned Scientists](https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/driving-cleaner-report.pdf), who clocked it in at 21,300 miles, but higher than [the Argonne National Laboratory](https://greet.anl.gov/publication-c2g_lca_us_ldv), who found the breakeven time to be 13,500 miles. Together, though, these sources consistently suggest that an EV breaks even on its extra manufacturing emissions quite early in the vehicle’s lifetime.
And they improve city air quality one day one.
I thought this was established long ago. But good to have more ammunition against those arguing the opposite.
And mass transit and trains beat both by a long shot, not to mention walking and biking!
My concern with EVs is how long the battery lasts and the size of batteries.
I drive about 8k a year in my 15 yo car. My wife has had two priuses in that time and now is shopping for an ev now. First car the battery was toast in 8 years.
My next car is an ev (aptera if they are ever released) but battery life and replacement cost has me concerned. Maybe the sodium batteries will help
But I wish car companies would make smaller evs
Well yeah that’s kinda the point of them
That’s for the production. Once on the road it also heavily depends on how the electricity is created locally.
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The report the article summarizes is [here](https://subscriber.politicopro.com/eenews/f/eenews/?id=0000018e-2f24-d53d-abff-7fbfdd390000)
Their breakeven time finding of 25,000 miles is directionally consistent with [the Union of Concerned Scientists](https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/driving-cleaner-report.pdf), who clocked it in at 21,300 miles, but higher than [the Argonne National Laboratory](https://greet.anl.gov/publication-c2g_lca_us_ldv), who found the breakeven time to be 13,500 miles. Together, though, these sources consistently suggest that an EV breaks even on its extra manufacturing emissions quite early in the vehicle’s lifetime.
And they improve city air quality one day one.
I thought this was established long ago. But good to have more ammunition against those arguing the opposite.
And mass transit and trains beat both by a long shot, not to mention walking and biking!
My concern with EVs is how long the battery lasts and the size of batteries.
I drive about 8k a year in my 15 yo car. My wife has had two priuses in that time and now is shopping for an ev now. First car the battery was toast in 8 years.
My next car is an ev (aptera if they are ever released) but battery life and replacement cost has me concerned. Maybe the sodium batteries will help
But I wish car companies would make smaller evs
Well yeah that’s kinda the point of them
That’s for the production. Once on the road it also heavily depends on how the electricity is created locally.