boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMercedes-Benz scales back electric ambitions as EV pessimism growsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down122
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minus-squareImFresh3x@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoTransportation is a tiny fraction of carbon emissions. And EVs are a small improvement within that. Regulations and investment into things that matter are the only way out of this problem.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoTransportation is 28% of GHG emissions. EVs are a huge improvement even before we add more clean energy on the grid. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions
Transportation is a tiny fraction of carbon emissions. And EVs are a small improvement within that. Regulations and investment into things that matter are the only way out of this problem.
Transportation is 28% of GHG emissions. EVs are a huge improvement even before we add more clean energy on the grid.
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions