Global EV Adoption Fails to Cut CO₂ - Study

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There's little point in buying an electric vehicle if you're charging it with electricity generated by fossil fuels.

There's little point in buying an electric vehicle if you're charging it with electricity generated by fossil fuels. In fact, when it comes to carbon dioxide emissions, your EV may be doing more harm than good.

This is according to a study by researchers from the University of Auckland and Xiamen University in China, published in the journal Energy.

The researchers analysed the environmental impacts of human activity and used a robust statistical approach to investigate what drives a nation's carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions.

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