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Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one (lemmy.world)
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[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you can’t, using the same private vehicle for a long time, while not ideal, is acceptable.

The typical breakeven point for an ev (when carbon emissions saved overtake emissions produced by its production) is around 30k kilometers. That's excluding potential downstream emissions saved by the old ice being sold second hand. I don't think even very wealthy people are getting rid of their cars so soon.