Electric Vehicles

How sustainable are EVs, really?

Chrystal Batteries, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Usage, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation July 11, 2023March 28, 2024Carbon Emissions, carbon emissions reduction, Carbon Footprint, driving range, Electric Vehicles, emissions, EVs, ICE vehicle, internal combustion engine vehicle, lithium-ion battery, minerals, mining, MPGe, nickel, range anxiety

Two electric vehicles charging at a station

We should all aim to drive less. Or use public transport or cycle. But what if driving is your only option? Should you get an EV? How sustainable are they, anyway?

New Advances in EV Battery Technology

Chrystal Batteries, YouTube Channel June 25, 2022June 25, 2022battery chemistry, Battery technology, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, EVs, fossil fuel divestment, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable living

There’s no denying that the EV market is steadily growing over the past few years. But there’s also no denying it needs a firm kick up the backside!

Great advances in battery tech to help ease “range anxiety”

Chrystal Batteries, Current Events, Electricity, Technology, Transportation March 29, 2022March 26, 2022Aluminum, battery chemistry, Battery technology, CATL, Electric Vehicles, Factorial Energy, GM, Kevlar, LG Chem, Lithium-ion, Lithium-metal, NMCA, range anxiety, SES, sodium batteries, Sustainability, US Dept of Energy

There’s no denying that the EV market has been steadily increasing over the past few years. But there’s also no denying it needs a firm kick up the backside to get where we need it to be,

The Truth about EV’s

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Usage, Transportation October 14, 2020October 14, 2020Cobalt, Combustion engine emissions, Electric Vehicles, EVs, lithium, MPGe

Electric vehicle being charged with love heart in the cable

It’s not surprising that there’s currently pretty hard working campaigning going on to discredit the energy efficiency and environmental benefits from introducing EV’s (Electric Vehicles). The smear campaigns focus on questioning the energy consumption and carbon footprint for the EV manufacturing process Vs the potential and hypothetical emissions savings by then driving such a vehicle. Talk to almost anyone on the street about their opinion on EVs and they’ll usually spruik concern about the precious metals required and manufacturing emissions. Not to say those concerns aren’t based on some sort of reality – but the naysayers have somewhat exaggerated the cons, and tried to hide to pros. Even the Union of Concerned Scientists have to acknowledge that manufacturing an EV will emit between 15% and 68% more carbon than producing a petroleum car of the equivalent size. But that’s only half the story. How do lifetime emissions differ?

What if China wins the Climate Crisis?

Ben Renewable Energy, Sustainability November 15, 2019November 15, 2019Alibaba, Amazon, China, Climate Change, Climate crisis, Climate Science, Electric Vehicles, Green Economy, Renewable Energy, Singles Day, Sustainability, USA

Discussions on the carbon emissions produced by the United States inevitably get redirected towards China. While China as a country emits over double the total CO2 emissions than the US, there is a lot more to the

How will we get around without fossil fuels?

Eric Carbon Footprint, Emissions, Energy Footprint, Transportation November 1, 2019July 29, 2020air travel, Electric Aircraft, Electric bikes, Electric buses, Electric scooters, Electric trains, Electric Vehicles, Green Highways, Hyperloop, maglev train, solar planes

Blurred lights of heavy traffic at night in a city

Transportation has been around since the dawn of man. Over time it has grown and changed until what we have today with cars, buses, and planes. While these forms of transportation speed up our daily lives and

Electric vs Combustion

Ben Carbon Footprint, Emissions, Sustainability, Transportation, YouTube Channel July 25, 2019September 3, 2021Carbon Footprint, Electric Vehicles, Life Cycle Analysis, Sustainability, sustainable travel

What is the carbon footprint of electric and combustion vehicles? Lexi examines which option is more sustainable through life cycle analysis to determine the winner.