Does an electric vehicle emit less than a petrol or diesel?

        April 21, 2020 Transport & Environment | Europe | fossil fuels: emissions

In Europe, EVs emit 3x less CO2 than petrol/diesel cars on average, between 22% (Chinese battery, driven in coal-rich Poland) and 80% (Swedish battery in Sweden). By 2030, EVs will lower CO2 emissions 4-fold on a higher renewables-fed EU grid. EVs are much better than petrol/diesel “cradle to grave” although manufacturing is currently 30% higher.