Geography class: How green can be your electric vehicle?

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How green is your electric vehicle?

• Making an EV produces how much more CO2 than making a ‘combustion model’ according to a Chinese study?

• Where is lithium predominantly mined?

• What is the carbon footprint of lithium extraction?

• If you charge your EV in a country using coal power it’s equivalent to burning two-thirds of a tank of gasoline. So what is the solution to making EVs part of the low carbon solution that lots of people seek?

Richard Allaway, International School of Geneva/ geographyalltheway. com

Geography class: How green can be your electric vehicle?
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