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Alejandro Gonzalez's avatar

Thanks for bringing this concerns into this space, which is often dominated by views that see EVs as a panacea.

Electric vehicles are part of the solution to climate change. But the size and sheer volume of planned EV production is not sustainable. We cannot consume our way to a cleaner, greener future. We need fewer cars, smaller cars, and more sustainable public transport options. This should be at the core of EU energy transition policy.

At SOMO we have done a lot of work to raise this concerns.

See

https://stories.somo.nl/the-big-battery-boom/

https://www.somo.nl/electric-vehicles-are-a-good-thing-but-not-if-everybody-owns-one/

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