Electric cars are currently seen as a climate-friendly alternative to conventional vehicles with internal combustion engines. According to a new study, they will even expand this climate advantage in the future.
Wilmington – More and more people are choosing an electric car (* FNP reported). This is also borne out by the numbers. As reported by enbw.com , a particularly large number of citizens in Germany bought e-cars last year. Among other things, an increased purchase premium of up to 9,000 euros contributed to this. According to autozeitung.de , 274,152 new cars drove through German roads in June 2021.
The number one selling point is the climate friendliness of these vehicles. A current study shows that Stromer will even further develop this property in the next few years – which will soon make them even cleaner than expected. Surprising: The results show that vehicles are probably still more climate-friendly than combustion engines even when using coal-fired electricity for charging.
E-cars: climate benefit of up to 77 percent
Global warming should be kept below 2 degrees by the year 2100. Among other things, this goal can only be achieved if battery-electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles powered by renewable electricity prevail in road traffic – including hybrids. That is the result of the study carried out by the NGO International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) based in Wilmington.
For the study, the researchers analyzed the greenhouse gas emissions for a car’s entire life cycle. The result: a compact class electric vehicle emits between 66 and 69 percent fewer greenhouse gases than a conventional combustion engine. The authors of the study anticipate that by 2030 the climate balance could be even better, namely from 66 percent to 74 to 77 percent.
It is true that hydrogen-powered vehicles also have an advantage over combustion engines – but only if the hydrogen used is also produced entirely from renewable energy sources. In addition, it should be noted, explains the European ICCT managing director Peter Mock: “Even for India and China, which are still heavily dependent on coal power, the life cycle advantages of battery-electric vehicles are already available today”. In comparison with combustion engines * FNP is an offer from IPPEN.Media.
