Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

The CO 2 emissions are more than 16 tonnes/produced tonne, due to the dominance of coal as the energy source.?. Production in Chile, based on naturally low-carbon brine, causes slightly more emissions than Keliber’s route: 5.25 The assessment has been prepared by Vahanen Environment Oy, a Finnish environmental consultant.

Carbon 418

Carbon Chile Australia Emissions 418

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2015

Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.

South America 150

South America Gasoline America Emissions 150

Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Even if electricity is produced from burning coal, the power plant is far away from population centers, transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population. And the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources. In India 39.1%

Petrol 59

Petrol Diesel Vehicles Oil 59

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.

Electric Vehicles 99

Electric Vehicles Vehicles West Virginia Electric 99