{"id":8965,"date":"2021-11-16T12:53:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1372353"},"modified":"2021-11-16T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:53:41","slug":"in-praise-of-ev-sustainability-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8965","title":{"rendered":"In praise of EV sustainability critics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There\u2019s always one. No matter how bold a goal we announce. No matter how transparent we are in our reporting. There\u2019s always someone in the comments pointing out our sustainability shortcomings, blind spots, or apparent failures.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re all for it.<\/p>\n

In 2020 we published the first Polestar 2 Life Cycle Assessment<\/a>, including its full methodology. This prompted a critical response from within the car industry, which became known as Astongate. It even has its own Wikipedia page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But fascinating though industry greenwashing scandals are, we\u2019re more interested in what individuals think. Because we know that total transparency helps consumers make informed choices, which will drive the change to sustainable mobility.<\/p>\n

So when we published this year\u2019s LCA report<\/a> about the climate impact of the two new Polestar 2 versions, we set out to discover what real people thought about it. What better way to find out than to break the internet\u2019s golden rule?<\/p>\n

We read the comments.<\/p>\n

While it wasn\u2019t always an easy job \u2014 criticism can be difficult to hear \u2014 it was an illuminating experience. And, in keeping with our commitment to transparency, we\u2019d like to share what we learned.<\/p>\n

What we learned<\/h2>\n

A lot of people love EVs. Some people don\u2019t like EVs at all. A lot of people like the idea of EVs but are confused by all the claims and statistics. So they have a lot of probing questions to ask.<\/p>\n

Most of the critical responses we encountered fell into one of these three categories:<\/p>\n

01. The LCA shows that EVs produce more manufacturing emissions than ICE cars, so if you buy an EV you\u2019re actually making the problem worse.<\/h2>\n

It is currently true that the cradle-to-gate climate emissions of a Polestar 2 are higher than an equivalent ICE car, due primarily to battery production. But the fact of the matter is that an ICE car can never reach climate neutrality, while an EV can. Over its lifetime, an EV will always have a lower impact than its fossil fuel counterpart.<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>From the Polestar Life cycle assessment 2021<\/a>. The grey and white bars represent the materials and battery production, and manufacturing emissions.<\/figcaption>