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Climate Protestors Storm Tesla's Gigafactory in Europe (www.wired.com)

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Tesla’s German factory, which produces electric cars and batteries, has for months been the target of protests by climate activists, who call the company’s green credentials a sham.

“Companies like Tesla are there to save the car industry, they're not there to save the climate,” Esther Kamm, spokesperson for Turn Off the Tap on Tesla (known by its German initialism TDHA) told WIRED last week.

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[+] merthyr1831@lemmy.world -10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Electric cars are way worse for the environment by the time they hit the road, especially the Tesla kind. And when the extra efficiency of said EV technology is being used to make bigger, heavier, and more expensive cars that 90% of people don't need, the issue compounds itself.

Tesla is no climate hero.

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

They are not worse for the environment than ICE vehicles. This is total FUD nonsense that is significantly fueled by right wing and auto astroturf campaigns. Their lifecycle emissions are vastly lower. It's so mundanely bad a talking point that even low-level sources like factcheck.org publish informers on it. Don't spread misinformation.

EVs aren't good for the environment. They're less bad. Auto-dominant culture remains a non-starter for longterm sustainability, both fiscal and environmental, for most communities around the world.

There are some situations where BEVs are maybe worse overall than ICE counterparts. Rail and busses, for example, where the BEV just makes no sense (put up a pantograph or third rail for a huge LCCA discount and massively lower emissions). Cargo trucking may also fall in this camp; trucks simply cannot be that heavy on modern asphalt design. But for regular passenger vehicles there is no question.