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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by cbmuser on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:55AM (#24716911)
Electric vehicles cause much more CO2 emissions during production as compared to cars with internal combustion engines due to complicated manufacturing process of the battery.

If you’re comparing CO2 emissions, you have to consider the full lifecycle.

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by Swenrekcah on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:00AM (#24716966)
I can't help but feel the CO2 released by any manufacturing process is either:

a) Due to the factory power source which will probably (hopefully) be renewable soon

b) Due to some processing step where carbon capture should be a lot easier to perform than the direct air capture necessary to capture car emissions.

So the method of emissions needs to be considered as well.

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by atmosx on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:56AM (#24716927)
That's interesting, and self-defeating I might add!

Do you have any data to share supporting the claim?

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by imtringued on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:07AM (#24716999)
https://www.allego.eu/blog/2019/october/circular-thinking--c...
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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by harrygeez on Thursday October 08, 2020 @03:59AM (#24716952)
Really fascinating if true
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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by kashug on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:05AM (#24716985)
It is also something a lot of people keep saying, but I have never seen proper documentation for it. So at this point I just think it is people repeating rumors.

But it would be interesting to read a proper documentation of it.

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Re:VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021 by tonyedgecombe on Thursday October 08, 2020 @06:39AM (#24717827)
Most of the reputable reports I've seen put the payback time at 12 to 18 months.
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