“Electric cars may produce less local pollution than petrol ones but still require enormous quantities of energy and carbon emissions to make and run.

Moreover, car-based urbanism, electric or not, is inherently unsustainable, creating low-density, inefficient & dangerous cities. A grieving parent will find little comfort in learning their child was run over by a Tesla cyber truck…”

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/01/11/congestion-roads-cities-traffic-sustainable-transport-phineas-harper/

"Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"

Instead of desperately trying to reduce road congestion in the short term, politicians should be using traffic as a tool for making urban transport more sustainable, writes Phineas Harper.

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@BrentToderian and let us not overlook the environmental impact of rare earth mining. even at it's most efficient a tesla only get the energetic equivalent of 100mpg (a tenth of the efficiency of a train) bikes and trains make the perfect combination let's get the car out of towns and cities
@FolksVelo @BrentToderian There is also matter of what happens to all those spent batteries. Just like computer and phone batteries, how many will be dumped? What poisons are we leaving behind us?