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With the introduction of the electric vehicle, plenty of lifecycle evaluations calculating CO2 emissions have sprung up. Electric vehicle emissions, including battery and charging, are compared to those of conventional vehicles. According to the most recent evidence, an average electric car is already close to three times better than an equivalent conventional car today. As new evidence accumulates on: the longer lifetime of batteries thanks to innovation, the ramping up of battery reuse, repurpose, and recycling, and the accelerating uptake of renewables, the life cycle assessment emissions of electric cars are bound to decrease even further than what is presented in this case. The major disadvantage that’s are been connected with the EV are the environmental impact of battery production for electric vehicles (EVs) and the mining of rare earth metals for the car production. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the environmental impact of electric vehicles. And how the batteries used in electric vehicles can pose a risk to humans.
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Hemand Chandran, P.T., Ajithkumar, S., Bahukhandi, K.D. (2022). Environmental Impact of Emerging Electro World with Special Focus on Electrical-Vehicles and Its Impact on Global Environment. In: Bahukhandi, K.D., Kamboj, N., Kamboj, V. (eds) Environmental Pollution and Natural Resource Management . Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05335-1_18
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