When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars?

When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars?

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Research by Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, suggests that higher carbon emmissions building an EV than an ICE are offset by lower operating emmissions between years 1 and 6, depending mainly on carbon used in power generation which varies by country.

Being a US study, lifetime mileage assumptions are higher than UK, but it might be of interest:

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportat...