In recent years, electric vehicles have enjoyed increasing success, and their market share continues to grow. And so all over the world, while in France this engine accounts for about 15% of new car sales. However, this number has a slight tendency to stagnate, and this should continue as financial aid becomes less and less. In fact, next year the government will tighten the screws on the environmental allowance again. But that’s not all, because electricity is actually not that clean according to a recent very serious study on the subject.

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Not so green

The latter actually indicates that electric cars are actually not that environmentally friendly, in fact, quite the opposite. And they are experts in trainingAssociation of German Engineers (VDI) in cooperation with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Their concern is that many cars and their components are not produced using clean, renewable electricity. They explain that “electric cars are more climate friendly than cars with a conventional engine after 90,000 kilometers”.

Chinese batteries

The main problem is Chinese-made batteries. Indeed, according to experts, the share is 75%. comes from electricity generated from coal, which is obviously far from clean. According to experts, only environmentally friendly batteries and their raw materials reduce their environmental footprint and make electric mobility truly environmentally friendly. However, there are still few of them…

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