US policymakers are rolling out big incentives for electric vehicle buyers who surrender a gas-powered model, advancing efforts to cancel carbon emissions.
This is only true in the short term. A new EV will emit fewer total lifecycle emissions, including those produced during manufacturing, after just 20-30k miles on the road. Thats 2-3 years for the average American driver. After that, that old clunker continues to emit more than an EV that would replace it.
Keeping old poluting cars on the road polutes less than producing New Low/zero poluting cars.
This is stymulus disguised as an Eco policy.
This is only true in the short term. A new EV will emit fewer total lifecycle emissions, including those produced during manufacturing, after just 20-30k miles on the road. Thats 2-3 years for the average American driver. After that, that old clunker continues to emit more than an EV that would replace it.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-21-misleading-myths-about-electric-vehicles/