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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. When measuring the efficiency of a vehicle, it has become common to measure the processes involved in the entire ‘life cycle’ of a vehicle – referred to as ‘cradle to grave’. Here’s what we discovered.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs – here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. New Zealand has the third highest rate of renewable energy as a portion of primary supply in the OECD (after Norway and Iceland). New Zealand’s solar adoption currently sits at around 1.3%

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

In 2020 Tesla sold exactly 1000 of these for every solar-year day. France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. 6TH PLACE: ICELAND, 58 POINTS (TIED FOR 7TH IN 2019) Claim to fame: sparse schmarse , just look at them numbers!

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