Environmental aspects of the electric car | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 16/01/2019

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_aspects_of_the_electric_car


00:00:42 1 Advantages and disadvantages
00:03:14 2 Lower operating and maintenance costs
00:04:39 3 Electricity generation for electric cars
00:06:34 4 Air pollution and carbon emissions in various countries
00:08:48 4.1 United States
00:20:07 4.2 United Kingdom
00:21:24 4.3 Germany
00:23:47 4.4 France and Belgium
00:24:18 5 Environmental impact of manufacturing
00:31:19 6 Rare-earth metals availability and supply security
00:39:57 7 Less dependence on imported oil
00:41:34 8 See also



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Electric cars (also known as battery electric cars) have several environmental benefits compared to conventional internal combustion engine vehicles. They have lower operating and maintenance costs, and produce little or no local air pollution. They reduce dependence on petroleum and may severally reduce greenhouse gas emissions, depending on the electricity source, as motors are typically much more efficient than their engine equivalents. On the other hand, electric cars can also have a larger environmental footprint during production, and also its reliance of rare-earth elements due to the scarcity of these minerals.