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T here is a spectre haunting electric cars: the question of greenwashing. What if, for all the green hopes attached to zero-emissions cars, the truth is that they fail to achieve their main goal of cutting world-heating carbon emissions? Our EV mythbusters series has looked at some of the most persistent criticisms of electric cars, ranging from car fires to battery mining, range anxiety to cost concerns. This article asks: do electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions than petrol or diesel? In the US, the Florida senator Rick Scott said there was “ample evidence to suggest that EVs are not as clean as people are being led to believe and folks deserve to know the truth”. He and other Republican colleagues introduced the (suggestively named) “Directing Independent Research To Yield Carbon Assessment Regarding Electric Vehicles (DIRT Y CAR EV) Act”, which tried to call for analysis of the carbon footprint of vehicles. A recent article in the UK’s Daily Mail reported that “the en

Burning fossil fuels to make and drive electric cars causes emissions, but at a lower level than fossil fuel engines. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images/Alamy View image in fullscreen Burning fossil fuels to make and drive electric cars causes emissions, but at a lower level than fossil fuel engines. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images/Alamy EV mythbusters Business This article is more than 2 years old Do electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions than petrol or diesel vehicles? This article is more than 2 years old In part five of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs,

Do electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions than petrol or diesel vehicles? | Business | The Guardian

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