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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

years if the car is charged using renewable energy. When EV batteries degrade enough to be unsuitable for cars (about 70% capacity remaining), they are re-used for electricity storage. Production causes more emissions than combustion engine models, an EV beginning life with a heavy "emissions debt.”

Clean 74
article thumbnail

How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

years if the car is charged using renewable energy. When EV batteries degrade enough to be unsuitable for cars (about 70% capacity remaining), they are re-used for electricity storage. Production causes more emissions than combustion engine models, an EV beginning life with a heavy "emissions debt.”

Clean 59