The price of electric car batteries has dropped 89% in 10 years

[progree]

5. Manufacturing a new ICE car emits as much CO2 as driving it for its lifetime

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/sep/23/carbon-footprint-new-car

and per Consumer Reports, January 2021, manufacturing an EV car emits somewhat more carbon than manufacturing an ICE car.

So anyway, even if the carbon footprint of the electricity was zero, overall CO2 emissions over the lifecycle of an EV (including manufacturing) would at best be 1/2 of that of the lifecycle of an ICE car.

It will help, but people shouldn't think that electrification of all vehicles is going anywhere close to making the carbon footprint of the ground transportation sector zero, rather, it will cut it by at most half. But I'm for anything that improves the situation rather than letting the perfect be the enemy of the better. But unfortunately there's no path here for a net carbon zero economy without huge offsets somewhere else.

I still haven't bought a car -- still making do with the occasional bus trip since June 2019. I walk my groceries home about 0.6 miles, good for upper body strength development. But at some point I'm going to crumble and buy one.

ICE car = a gasoline-powered Internal Combustion Engine car