Hyperdrive

EVs Are Much Lower-Emitting Than Combustion Cars

Electric vehicles’ lifecycle emissions can be 70% lower than gasoline and diesel vehicles, BNEF finds in a new analysis.

Volkswagen ID.3 electric vehicles inside the Autostadt delivery tower in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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My BloombergNEF colleague Corey Cantor just published a detailed report on the lifecycle emissions of electric vehicles, looking at everything from average battery pack sizes by region, battery manufacturing emissions, current and projected electricity-generation emissions, day- and night-time charging trends, and more.