Life Cycle Analysis Compares Footprint of Gas and Electric Passenger Cars
Image: david megginson, Flickr Electric cars are the darlings of the green technology futurists. But wait, cries a receding voice, “what about the environmental impact of all those batteries?” Until recently, that lurking uncertainty shadowed the celebration of a substitute for our mobility needs. A study by EMPA , the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, casts light on the question: when is an electric car better than a gas-powered vehicle? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Life Cycle Analysis Compares Footprint of Gas and Electric Passenger Cars
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