How green are electric vehicles?

Many of the EV haters will assume that electric vehicles aren't green because the electricity to fuel them comes from fossil fuel. Even if the grid was purely coal powered, they're still better than internal combustion engine vehicles. But electricity grids are getting greener worldwide.
In the UK, our electricity grid generation in the last year has been 53% zero carbon generation. That's from renewables and nuclear. Coal is no longer used in the UK.
However, most electric vehicle owners will charge from home and charge when the grid is at it's greenest and cheapest. With smart charging and a grid that is continuously getting greener, EVs also get greener as they get older.

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[garethsayers]

Cobalt is also used to refine fossil fuel, and can only be used once is the process Any cobalt in Ev, laptop, phone batteries can be recycled, there are companies that specifically do this. Most Ev manufacturers are now moving away from using cobalt and nickel (Tesla, BYD...), one manufacturer makes a car battery using just salt!

[wyhoot]

I think you should talk about the process of getting the lithium for the cars cuz it burns way more fossil fuels than any gas car will but if ur talking purely abt which vehicle is greener on the road this video does a good job talking abt it

[lucasmorse]

What is missed because it seems paradoxical is that even if 100% of the grid was supplied by fossil fuels, electric cars would still be greener due to how much more efficient large scale energy production is compared to small scale energy production.

[JorgeniLund]

As long as we buy cars to drive them, electric cars will always be the sustainable way. I really like your videos that show this.

[dougowt]

When they say what about where the electricity comes from, well it’s the same grid they use to refine oil. 5 to 7 kW per gallon. Just one of the six oil refineries in the UK uses the same amount of energy as Coventry and Leicester cities combined.

[AlainODea]

Appreciate you, Matt! This is an articulate and straight-forward explainer for the benefits of BEVs. Keep up the good work!🎉

[UKsystems]

Worth knowing that the energy to make an electric car is so much more in terms of carbon emissions also please note the more renewable generation that enters the National Grid the more that gas power stations idle so they’re not producing energy but the engines are still turning which is not great as we are not at the point of renewable energy sources where they can switch off some of the gas stations because they may need to start producing again instantly

[Pwrds]

EVs are 100% green

Saying how green are its like saying how green is a Phone or TV

[Pelbee]

5% that’s utter rubbish 😂 it’s more like 80%

[bemuje]

What about the 100s of factorys to keep producing evs instead of using what we have

[brother]

Now add the wind and solar recycling % when the fuckers need to be replaced😅 you cant recycle solar panels or turbine wheels sustainably they are worthless junk

[JKLord]

What about the toxic open-pit lithium and cobalt mines that poped up rapidly to keep up with EV battery production demand that have contaminated the surrounding landscape around the pits?

what about the increased number of factories that poped up to refine the lithium and cobalt ore in to a usable state that also release toxic gases carbon emissions?(answer: average EV battery factory releases on average 15 tonnes of carbon in to the atmosphere per EV battery produced)

What about the Carbon emissions that EV car factories release? (Answer: they release a total of 4.0 tonnes of carbon on average per EV car produced, thats 1.6 tonnes less than the production of a Gas or Diesel car which is 5.6 tonnes of carbon on average per vehicle)

As for your EU stats, they are a blip on the radar on a global scale

not all countries can afford to drop coal or natural gas power plants in favor of Nuclear, wind, solar, or Hydro power due to geographical road blocks(lacking resources which affects Hydro Power Generation), Climate related roadblocks which affect Solar and Wind farms, Nuclear Roadblocks(average time it takes for planning and construction of a single power plant: 20 years total, 10 years of planning, 10 years on average for construction) or (some countries being banned under the UN from owning/opperating certain nuclear technologies that can potentially produce weapons grade nuclear materials), decades old/outdated infastructure, general lack of overall infastructure in certain countries due to population density demographics