one good thing is that the lithium in car batteries will mostly be recyclable, or the battery itself can be used for other things even if the car is old and damaged
something people don't seem to realize that the west ditching ICE cars for electric just means all the "obsolete" ICE cars just end up being used in the global south instead since they don't have electric car infrastructure. The cheap transport vehicles might help their economies but the climate isn't going to notice a difference. (It might actually be worse when you consider production emissions for a new car and the electric grid generation mix)
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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/07/electric-cars-have-much-lower-life-cycle-emissions-new-study-confirms/
one good thing is that the lithium in car batteries will mostly be recyclable, or the battery itself can be used for other things even if the car is old and damaged
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something people don't seem to realize that the west ditching ICE cars for electric just means all the "obsolete" ICE cars just end up being used in the global south instead since they don't have electric car infrastructure. The cheap transport vehicles might help their economies but the climate isn't going to notice a difference. (It might actually be worse when you consider production emissions for a new car and the electric grid generation mix)
How will it help their economies? Just load up a motorbike for low value goods and higher value goods already justify transport costs.