Renault: EV Life-Cycle Carbon Footprint Better than Combustion-Engine Vehicles

摘要

A confidential 2011 report for Renault – made public on July 10 – shows that electric vehicles (EVs) beat gasoline and diesel combustion-engine cars in nearly every environmental category related to life-cycle analysis (LCA). Battery and drive-train-components production for EVs does result in environmental damage, but operating an EV for 10 years or 150,000 kilometers overcomes the initial damage, yielding net environmental gains, according to the report.