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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by gigatexal on Thursday August 03, 2017 @08:18PM (#14925297)
Isn’t the mining of materials and making of electric cars more carbon producing than the ICE vehicles they replace?
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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by jozzas on Friday August 04, 2017 @12:52AM (#14926379)
No. Batteries can be recycled, as can the aluminium that makes up Tesla car bodies. You don't get anything back from 30 years of ICE emissions.
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