New Science Says Scrapping A Working Gas Car For An EV Is Usually Greener

CleanTechnica
By Michael BarnardAug 16, 2026, 7:47 am61 ptsTrending
“The greenest car is the one already built” has been one of the more durable arguments against replacing internal combustion cars with EVs. It sounds sensible enough. Manufacturing a new vehicle has a carbon cost, while continuing to drive an existing car avoids another manufacturing event. But that framing…

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