WITH fossil-fuel reliant transport being considered as one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and the acceleration of climate change, the call to transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is getting louder.
However, some studies have shown that making a typical EV can create more carbon pollution because of the additional energy required to manufacture the battery as well as generating the electricity to charge it.
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