Are Electric Cars Worse For The Environment? Myth Busted

Are Electric Cars Greener Than Gasoline Powered Cars? The Facts About Electric Cars & The Environment - Sponsored by FE What Happens To Old EV Batteries? https://youtu.be/1mXSMwZUiCU Subscribe for new videos every Wednesday! - https://goo.gl/VZstk7 Electric cars are touted as a solution for reducing emissions and improving the environmental impacts of transportation, but are electric cars actually any better for the environment than gasoline cars? This video looks to answer three main questions: 1) Doesn t EV battery production cause a lot of emissions? 2) Don t electric cars get their power from fossil fuels? 3) Isn t lithium mining terrible for the environment? References: MIT Emissions Study - https://bit.ly/2zeYfqd Cradle To Grave Emissions Estimates - https://bit.ly/2rEhB4D Vehicle Production Emission Estimates (Low) - https://bit.ly/2yGoEh8 Vehicle Production Emission Estimates - https://bit.ly/2yoX6hC Vehicle Production Emission Estimates (High) - https://bit.ly/2dhB1Tu EV Battery Production Emissions - https://bit.ly/2yCMwSY End Of Life Emissions - https://bit.ly/2ETHh77 Annual Vehicle Use Emissions - https://bit.ly/2Sxo65K Related Videos: (Formula E Series) 1. Electric Cars Are Single Speed - https://youtu.be/36H9BVeMYMI 2. Manual Transmission Electric Cars - https://youtu.be/42MVi6Fel-E 3. Tuning Electric Cars - https://youtu.be/OgyMnPZvGW0 4. 300 MPH Electric Production Car - https://youtu.be/n8brxrLSryc 5. How EVs Beat ICE - https://youtu.be/vk__f28yeLs 6. My New Car Is Electric - https://youtu.be/FN0g4fDq8MQ 7. Are Electric Cars The Future? - https://youtu.be/wLrvGtw8jAQ 8. Horsepower vs Torque - EV vs Gas - https://youtu.be/6YuTpPr3Uv0 9. Electric Car Battery Recycling - https://youtu.be/1mXSMwZUiCU Don t forget to check out my other pages below! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/engineeringexplained Official Website: http://www.howdoesacarwork.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jasonfenske13 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/engineeringexplained Car Throttle: https://www.carthrottle.com/user/engineeringexplained Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/engineeringexplained EE Extra: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsrY4q8xGPJQbQ8HPQZn6iA NEW VIDEO EVERY WEDNESDAY!