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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by crispyporkbites on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:26AM (#25220775)
It’s relative- the high performance Tesla’s are worse for the environment than the low performance ones.

EVs are a different category to ICE cars so comparing across them is strange

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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by r00fus on Thursday November 26, 2020 @11:16AM (#25221227)
This is quite silly - a Tesla X or e-Hummer are still better for the environment than any ICE car.
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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by markvdb on Thursday November 26, 2020 @01:15PM (#25222298)
That probably holds true in case they have the same usage patterns.

Does your theory still hold if I drive only 2000km/year in an older car versus a Tesla X or e-Hummer? I don't pretend to have the answer to that question, but there is an environmental cost to producing a car too...

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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by samoa42 on Thursday November 26, 2020 @12:54PM (#25222142)
i doubt that very much
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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by quotemstr on Thursday November 26, 2020 @12:55PM (#25222146)
Are we supposed to accept your profession of doubt as a form of evidence or argumentation?
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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by samoa42 on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:22AM (#25227306)
no
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