Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’::“I don’t think I would have believed it.”

  • IndefiniteBen
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    1 year ago

    Considering any new electric cars you buy would have to be made from materials mined and processed, manufactured into a vehicle and then shipped long distances before it even gets to you, keeping your existing car and maintaining it well is possibly better for the environment when the entire life cycle is considered.

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      While true for most devices.

      With cars there is a big secondhand market.

      Any new car added at the top trickles down and removes a polluting heap of junk at the bottom.