Exploring how electric vehicles outperform combustion engines in energy efficiency and environmental impact, presenting them as a crucial part of decarbonisation efforts with significant energy savings.
Electric cars might seem like a no-brainer on a warming planet, but there are plenty of people who remain sceptical about everything from their battery life to their carbon impact and the environmental and human rights costs of their parts. Madeleine Finlay consults Auke Hoekstra, known as the internet’s ‘EV debunker in chief’, to unpick the myths, realities and grey areas surrounding electric cars. Help support our independent journalism at
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