"The lower emissions of driving an EV means that an electric car quickly ‘pays back’ its debt. In the [[UK]], this payback time is less than two years. So, within two years your EV is already better for the environment. Within ten years it has emitted just one-third of the CO2 of a petrol car. ([Location 1648](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1648))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[emissions]], [[electric-vehicles]], [[transport-emissions]], [[statistics]], [[climate-change]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]