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Nexialist | 2 years ago

The crux of Atkinson's argument seems to be that the upfront emissions from the manufacturing process, and shorter lifespan of electric vehicles, does not make up for the reduction in tailpipe emissions.

Is this true? I know that the Tesla Impact report [0] refutes this, stating

> "While EVs today still emit more greenhouse gases during the manufacturing phase, including emissions from the supply chain, it takes less than two years' worth of driving before the total emissions from an EV fall below that of a comparable ICE vehicle."

but it's hardly an unbiased source.

[0] https://www.tesla.com/ns_videos/2022-tesla-impact-report-hig...

EDIT:

Since posting, found some of the sources that were linked by the guardian follow-up refuting Atkinson's claim:

- The IPCC Mitigation of Climate Change report [1]

- The ECIU "Energy price shock and the transition to electric vehicles" Report [2]

- Ricardo Energy & Environment report to the UK Dept of Transport [3]

- Carbonbrief factcheck article [4]

[1] https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/

[2] https://eciu.net/analysis/reports/2022/global-momentum-the-e...

[3] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

[4] https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-electric-vehicles-...