Electric vehicle charging cost
Interesting article, Gas is cheaper to fuel than a Tesla, which on top of charging cost, has a battery which apparently depreciates $1000 a year. https://seekingalpha.com/article/4160351-tesla-model...
Forum Discussion
drsteve wrote:kerrlakeRoo wrote:
Cleaner for the environment seems a stretch, when you consider manufacturing especially the batteries and fueling, often from power provided by coal burning plants.
We must also consider the environmental costs of manufacturing an ICE--foundry smoke, mining operations, factory energy use, transportation costs for the myriad small parts that make up an ICE, all have an impact. Not to mention the significant environmental impact of oil extraction and refining operations, and transporting bulky liquid fuels to gas stations far away from refineries.
And every one of those associated cost and potential pollution sources exist in every facet of the EV. They use metals, a lot more rare earth metals I'm sure, and the chemicals involved in production of the batteries are so caustic that the Prius battery production had to be moved to India which was much more lax than the previous home.
On top of that the electricity for the charging has to be considered, Coal fired plants still produce a large portion of our energy because the greenies did not allow a single new Nuclear plant to be built for 33 years.
No, Tesla's are not "green", they are however gold for the manufacturers.
And still, I dont believe it makes enough difference either way, except to the ego's that drive the vehicle, be it a Lamborghini, Hummer, or a Tesla, ego's drive those cars, not environmental concerns.
