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What if every car was an EV?

What if every car was an EV?

Transitioning the global vehicle fleet to EVs will add an addition 200,000 million tons of CO2 per year to the atmosphere.

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Dr. Matthew Wielicki
May 08, 2023
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First, we need to make some assumptions…

Transitioning all cars to electric vehicles (EVs) would reduce CO2 emissions, as EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions during operation. However, calculating the exact amount of CO2 that would be kept out of the atmosphere requires considering various factors such as the global vehicle fleet size, energy sources for…

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