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Study Finds EVs Emit 73% Less CO2 Over Lifetimes

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC · How we work

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Georg Bieker (Germany) said battery-electric vehicles emit up to 73% less CO2 than gasoline cars over their life cycle.
The 2025 ICCT study reported emissions fall to 78% lower when EVs use fully renewable electricity.
Battery production adds about 40% more emissions than gas cars, offset after roughly 17,000 km of driving.
Bavarian Premier Markus Söder urged delaying the EU’s 2035 internal-combustion-engine phase-out because of life-cycle emission concerns.

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Georg Bieker (Germany) said battery-electric vehicles emit up to 73% less CO2 than gasoline cars over their life cycle.
The 2025 ICCT study reported emissions fall to 78% lower when EVs use fully renewable electricity.
Battery production adds about 40% more emissions than gas cars, offset after roughly 17,000 km of driving.
Bavarian Premier Markus Söder urged delaying the EU’s 2035 internal-combustion-engine phase-out because of life-cycle emission concerns.