VWAGY - Are electric vehicles cleaner than gasoline cars? Deeper dive into the EV industry

Tomwang112/iStock via Getty Images As governments across the globe advance greener transport legislation to meet climate targets, a question that continues to surface is how much cleaner are EVs than traditional automobiles. Estimates exploring the carbon gap have to cover thousands of parameters, such as the extraction and processing of minerals for EV batteries and the production of power cells. Other considerations are based on "after-sale" factors like the type of power used to charge an EV or the fuel economy of a gasoline car. Bigger picture: It's a little complex to delve into all the variables, so it may be easier to divide them between the "building" of the vehicles and their "maintenance." Compared to gasoline cars, EVs are not as green when it comes to manufacturing due to the mining of rare earth metals that are needed for their batteries. But once they hit the road, the only things

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Are electric vehicles cleaner than gasoline cars? Deeper dive into the EV industry