electric car pollution Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:15:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Some Diesels Cleaner Than Electric Cars, Swiss Researchers Say https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diesel-cleaner-electri-car-swiss-study-20100903/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diesel-cleaner-electri-car-swiss-study-20100903/#respond Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:15:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9935 European cars often get a fuel economy of about 42 mpg, with some newer models even getting 60 mpg or more. The technology adopted for electric cars, on the other hand, uses mainly lithium ion batteries, made of metals extracted from mountains by using complex chemical processes that not only generate CO2, but also pollute the environment and help to deforestation.

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