Mazda: "Big battery EVs are not as clean as people think"

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Main thrust of the argument:
Mazda/The Drive said:
a 35.5-kWh MX-30 with zero miles on it has already had an environmental impact approximately equal to that of a diesel Mazda3 with about 26,000 miles on it and that's not nothing.

An EV with a 95-kWh battery, Mazda suggests, has a carbon debt equivalent to an approximately 72,000-mile diesel Mazda3, and it will make up lost ground more slowly than a small-battery EV because it has to use a little extra energy to lug around that bulky battery. More energy use means more electricity generation, and more drain on the electrical grid means a greater net carbon impact.
More at the link - https://www.thedrive.com/news/31687...ery-evs-have-worse-carbon-impact-than-diesels
 
That assumes that solar or wind are not used at all. Both reduce carbon use at every level of use.
 
That assumes that solar or wind are not used at all. Both reduce carbon use at every level of use.

The chart mentions "2016 European average", which does contain some renewable electricity generation, and a lot of nuclear too.
 
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