Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

IEEE · last updated January 31, 2023 – 12:11 AM

“Electric cars will not save the climate. It is completely wrong,” Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has stated. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless.

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As electric vehicles — critical in the effort to reduce emissions in transportation — become more economical, the federal government and some states are addressing the need for supporting infrastructure, such as charging stations.

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