Mastodawn

An EV will consume fewer fossil fuel resources than an infernal-combusted equivalent over its perhaps 10 to 20 year lifetime.

But most of the roughly 4 tonnes of CO2 it will generate just to come to market will be in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. And this bit matters more than the first.

Somewhat less fossil fuel is better than nothing. But we need to be heading towards *radically* less.

How shall we do that?
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Offbeatmammal

@urlyman part of the problem is the annual "model refresh" treadmill. Planned obsolescence and artificial limiting of parts by constant change so the marketing people have something to talk about removes the opportunity to keep the vehicle viable for as long as we could. Public transport reduces that as platforms and components do have a longer cycle. I would prefer a Ship of Theseus car vs something that looks old and tired in 3 years, and falls apart the day the warranty expires!