Claim: Manufacturing an electric vehicle  battery produces the same amount of CO2 as running a petrol car for eight years.
Fact-check: EV critics stuck in slow lane with battery bashing
Verdict: false. manufacturing ev batteries produces roughly a quarter of the co2 from running a petrol car over eight years.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Tom Wark
Date published: 2023-12-19T00:00:00