Question: how much energy does it take to build an electric car?
Answer: You will need to fully charge your Model S 164 times to have spent 50GJ of energy or the equivalent of making another EV, this will give you approximately 70,000 km (range for the 85 kWh battery is 426 km); taking 19,000 km per year (national average: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/vehic...), you will spend the required ...