Known primarily for his portrayal of the dim-witted character Mr. Bean on television and in films, British actor Rowan Atkinson may not seem like the world's foremost expert on climate change and electric vehicles. But an op-ed he published over the weekend that declared 'our honeymoon with electric cars is coming to an end' has thrust him to the center of a global debate and ignited a backlash among environmentalists and electric vehicle experts.
plan to spend $1.2 trillion on electric vehicle and battery production over the next seven years
"The EV carbon footprint is plummeting across the three great industrial zones of Europe, America, and China. A deepdive by McKinsey concluded that the emissions of leading battery suppliers would fall by 75pc over the next five to seven years," Ambrose Evans-Pritchard,wrote Tuesday on the rapidly changing landscape for the production of electric car batteries
Auke Hoekstra, a professor at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands who has conducted research comparing lifetime emissions of EVs and gas-powered cars, was one of several experts to weigh in on Atkinson's article.TheEVs sold in 2050 will emit 10x lessBritish-based climate tech analyst Gniewomir Fils also rebutted Atkinson's claims.
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