: Manufacturing an EV battery is energy-intensive and creates a "carbon debt" at the start of its life.
While innovations like "water-diesel" mixtures or synthetic fuels aim to reduce diesel's footprint, they currently do not match the overall climate benefits of EVs in the mass market. Benziner, Diesel, E-Auto: Wer ist klimafreundlicher? Die Wahrheit: DIESEL ist sauberer als ELEKTRO-Auto
: An EV typically becomes cleaner than a combustion engine after roughly two years of driving, as the cleaner operation offsets the high production emissions. : Manufacturing an EV battery is energy-intensive and