Is It True That A Tesla Creates More Pollution Than A Conventional Car? No, Because You Need To Compare Total Carbon Footprint Of Both

This question gets asked a lot: “Is it true that a Tesla creates more pollution than a conventional car?” It is often asked without any real interest in the answer, but more as a statement that this might be a possibility. It is part of the propaganda against electric vehicles (EVs), and all things green in general. The question is like a fishing expedition: The hook is cast. The intended catch is negative thoughts in people’s minds, and hundreds of negative answers by all those antagonistic to EVs and any measures to combat climate change.

I have seen this same question asked many times, in different forms. The arguments are partly that, because of the battery, an EV produces more emissions in manufacturing than an internal combustion engine (ICE) car, and that because the power station runs on coal, the pollution is just being shifted from the tailpipe to the smoke stack.

Seems too often people only look at specific aspects of the chain but you need to fully unravel this for both. The article at https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/12/is-it-true-that-a-tesla-creates-more-pollution-than-a-conventional-car/ delves a bit deeper into this for both sides to give more perspective. It's a blow-by-blow account so not considering other advantages of EV's acting as mini-grid storage or production having scaled to lower costs, or current soft advantages of ICE vehicles refilling quickly right now. We know both sides will change over the next 10 years.

See https://cleantechnica.com/2020/01/12/is-it-true-that-a-tesla-creates-more-pollution-than-a-conventional-car/

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This question gets asked a lot: "Is it true that a Tesla creates more pollution than a conventional car?" It is often asked without any real interest in the answer, but more as a statement that this might be a possibility. It is part of the propaganda against electric vehicles.

source https://gadgeteer.co.za/it-true-tesla-creates-more-pollution-conventional-car-no-because-you-need-compare-total-carbon