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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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This is due to the 30 to 40 percent increase in emissions EVs create in comparison to manufacturing an ICE vehicle, mainly from its battery production. If just one out of five urban residents in Europe permanently changed from driving to cycling, emissions from automobiles would be cut by 8 percent, the study reports.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles. The Democrats have reached too far.

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