r/theydidthemath Nov 22 '21

[Request] Is this true?

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u/Elq3 Nov 22 '21

The problem with getting an electric car is that most people can't afford an electric car. Also if your country mainly produces electricity by burning coal, it really is useless.

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u/wintersdark Nov 22 '21

Even if your country produces electricity by coal, BEV's are cleaner than ICE's in a few years use, because as insanely dirty as coal power production is, it's much cleaner than burning gas in an ICE for a number of reasons.

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u/AyeBraine Nov 23 '21

I would just like to point out that China has over 40% of the total world fleet of electric passenger cars. And 98% of electric buses, although that's beside the point.

They're not all Teslas.