Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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MIT Study Finds Gas Cars Aren't Secretly Better For The Planet Than EVs, Despite What Everyone On Facebook Says (www.jalopnik.com)

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

rare metals (lithium, copper, etc)

It's important to remember that these metals need to be mined once, and will last the entire life of the vehicle, likely several lifetimes, as the battery materials can be recycled. Contrast that with ICE vehicles, which require more fossil fuels every time the vehicle is used.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago

No one talks about how much mining is used to make platinum, palladium and rhodium used to make catalytic converters. Those metals are actually rare.