Moneyshake has compared the CO2 emissions of 100 petrol/diesel and 100 electric cars to show you what they equal in real life. From how many trees you’d need to plant to offset your car’s emissions to how many smartphones could be charged, see how environmentally friendly your vehicle really is.
strong>Key Findings:
- Petrol/diesel cars emit 7x more emissions than electric
- You’d need to plant 25 trees in a year if you use a petrol/diesel car to offset your annual emissions. Switch to electric and you’d only need to plant 3.
- A petrol car’s life cycle produces the same emissions as 3 million smartphones
- Driving a petrol/diesel car for a year is equal to 63 rubbish bags going to landfill. This is only 9 for an electric, or 0 if you drive a BEV.
- 912 bulbs would need to be swapped to energy-saving LEDs to offset the emissions of your petrol/diesel car over its lifetime.
1 in 4 drivers don’t believe electric cars are more environmentally friendly than driving petrol or diesel vehicles, according to a recent study. But with the upcoming 2030 deadline to make the switch, drivers have no other option than to choose an electric vehicle (EV). If you’re having doubts about the eco-friendliness of driving an electric car, Moneyshake crunched the numbers to see how they compare to traditional fuels.
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Credit:
If you wish to use the findings please credit the original study which can be found here on Moneyshake’s blog > https://www.moneyshake.com/
Methodology:
Moneyshake compared registrations for petrol/diesel and electric cars using 2015-2020 Department for Transport statistics to find the 10 most popular of each type. Moneyshake then collected CO2 data from the European Environment Agency, analysing 10 models of each car to create an emissions average, totalling 200 models. The average UK mileage of 7,400 miles (11,909 km) was used to calculate the annual CO2 g/km. Comparisons made using the Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
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