Welcome to the forum. That's two new Sentras in the last week...
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Originally Posted by El Duende
How can a battery-powered vehicle be less harmful than a modern gasoline-powered engine? That battery's gotta go at some point and it's going to require replacement, whereas gasoline engines have many components that can be refurbished or recycled
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Large format batteries are among the
most recycled consumer products. They contain valuable raw materials even after they've reached the end of their useful life. No need to worry about landfills overflowing with electric car batteries; it's not going to happen.
Toyota even has a bounty on its expired hybrid batteries/batteries from wrecks.
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I shed a tear at the image of a giant smokestack taking the place of my fuel tank.
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Not everyone's power comes from dirty power generation. Depends on where you live, and you may also have the option of choosing clean power generation by choosing your provider.
If you do some digging, you'll find evidence that even if an EV is powered 100% by coal, the inherent efficiencies of electric drive mean it's likely to produce fewer emissions than a comparable fossil fuel powered vehicle.
In addition, it's probably fair to say that the grid will get cleaner in the future. And so will anything plugged into it.