🔋 1️⃣ EVs pollute much less
A new study by the ICCT confirms:
- 🚗 An average EV emits 73% less CO₂ over its full lifetime than a gasoline car.
- This includes:
- Battery production 🔋
- Electricity generation ⚡
- Vehicle recycling ♻️
- EVs have 40% higher emissions at production, but make up for it quickly: after just 10,500 miles (~17,000 km) they’re cleaner than combustion cars.
- Fully charged with renewable energy, total emissions savings rise to 78%.
- Plug-in hybrids: 30% less lifetime emissions.
- Mild hybrids: 20% less.
- Natural gas cars: 13% less.
📌 Key point: It’s easier to control emissions from 100 factories than from millions of poorly maintained combustion cars.
📅 2️⃣ Tesla: delays and tension
- Tesla delayed setting its annual shareholders meeting date, violating Texas law. 🗂️
- 27 major investors pressured the board to act.
- Now it’s confirmed: November 6.
- There’s tension: sales are dropping, stock is down 40% since December, and Elon Musk is distracted by politics and talk of starting a new party.
⚡ 3️⃣ Ford launches mega-sale to clear EVs
- Ford’s “Zero Zero Zero” deal offers:
- $0 down payment
- 0% interest
- 0 payments for 90 days
- Free home charger + installation if you buy before the tax credit ends.
- Why the rush?
- The $7,500 federal EV tax credit ends in September.
- Without it, Ford’s EVs will look a lot more expensive.
- Their EV sales are already down 31% in Q2 and 12% so far in 2025.
🏁 4️⃣ So what’s next? America’s EV strategy is wobbling
- With the “Big Beautiful Bill”:
- Clean energy tax credits: gone.
- Charging network subsidies: gone.
- Federal support for renewables: gone.
- Result: automakers scramble to push EV sales before the final blow in Q4.
- Without federal support, the U.S. risks losing ground while Europe and China keep pushing forward.
📣 5️⃣ The key takeaway
Despite all this, the world is still accelerating the transition:
- More EVs = fewer barrels of oil burned. 🌍
- Big Oil giants are already investing in lithium and charging networks.
- The race for EV dominance isn’t stopping—America is just slowing itself down.
👉 One-line summary:
Yes, making an EV causes more emissions upfront—but after 10,000 km, it already beats the combustion engine. The real issue now is politics and incentives, not the tech.