EVs Are Always Cleaner, No Matter Where You Live. This Study Proves It

"EVs are cleaner over the average vehicle lifetime in every county in the contiguous U.S., a new study confirms. They are cleaner even when accounting for battery production emissions, and regardless of whether your local electricity is renewable or comes from fossil fuels. Electrifying larger vehicles like pickup trucks would have the largest impact on the climate, the study shows. It's the most baffling argument I hear against EVs."

"Researchers at the University of Michigan studied the lifetime emissions of vehicles, including their production, tailpipe and other emissions sources to determine their overall impact on greenhouse gas pollution. They looked at internal-combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, plug-in hybrids and EVs over the average lifetime of a vehicle: 191,386 miles for sedans, 211,197 miles for SUVs and 244,179 miles for pickups, per the researchers."

Lifetime greenhouse-gas emissions were compared across vehicle production, tailpipe, and other sources for internal-combustion engine vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and battery electric vehicles using average lifetimes of 191,386 miles for sedans, 211,197 miles for SUVs, and 244,179 miles for pickups. Electric vehicles generate substantially lower lifetime emissions than gasoline vehicles in every county of the contiguous United States, even when accounting for battery manufacturing emissions and local electricity generation mixes. Electrifying larger vehicle segments, especially pickup trucks, delivers the largest per-vehicle climate benefit. A detailed county-level calculator quantifies expected carbon reductions from switching vehicle types.

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