Electric Vehicles Help Combat Climate Change, Here’s Why.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 14, 2025
Driving the average EV in the US produces carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to a hypothetical 100 mpg gasoline car. The average EV efficiency and location of EV sales (for the sales-weighted national emissions estimate) has been updated to reflect EV sales from 2015 through 2024 based on data from Atlas Public Policy.
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