Actually Vik, that lifecycle stat isn't quite right. It really only accounts for about 15% of the lifecycle. It would be a bit more of the total for someone like you who chooses to drive less (which is awesome, btw). With our grid here, the EV's manufacturing accounts for a bit more since the actual emissions from driving drop by about 99%. Check out this report here from the Union of Concerned Scientists (it doesn't have BC electric stats, but the other info is relevant): [https://bit.ly/2ChoEX9](https://bit.ly/2ChoEX9) And yeah, for those who can do it, not owning/parking/maintaining a vehicle and going with carshare occasionally makes a lot of sense.
EVs have a bit more carbon up front in manufacturing, but considering that by next year most of the world's batteries will be made by Tesla, and their plant is mostly solar powered, that part of the carbon footprint will also come down.
I'm in an EV myself now, and I love having largely emissions-free riding \[insert energy food joke here\]. I also like being able to warm up the car in the garage before I head out for dawn patrols at this time of year. But, my last vehicle was an SUV and I switched to a sedan to get into electric. Having better clearance and a hatch again would be amazing - the Rivian R1S would be great, although a tight squeeze into my teeny East Van garage.
Dec. 17, 2018, 10:15 a.m. - spud
Actually Vik, that lifecycle stat isn't quite right. It really only accounts for about 15% of the lifecycle. It would be a bit more of the total for someone like you who chooses to drive less (which is awesome, btw). With our grid here, the EV's manufacturing accounts for a bit more since the actual emissions from driving drop by about 99%. Check out this report here from the Union of Concerned Scientists (it doesn't have BC electric stats, but the other info is relevant): [https://bit.ly/2ChoEX9](https://bit.ly/2ChoEX9) And yeah, for those who can do it, not owning/parking/maintaining a vehicle and going with carshare occasionally makes a lot of sense. EVs have a bit more carbon up front in manufacturing, but considering that by next year most of the world's batteries will be made by Tesla, and their plant is mostly solar powered, that part of the carbon footprint will also come down. I'm in an EV myself now, and I love having largely emissions-free riding \[insert energy food joke here\]. I also like being able to warm up the car in the garage before I head out for dawn patrols at this time of year. But, my last vehicle was an SUV and I switched to a sedan to get into electric. Having better clearance and a hatch again would be amazing - the Rivian R1S would be great, although a tight squeeze into my teeny East Van garage.