The problem with EVs is that, although driving one might involve zero emissions, building one creates more greenhouse gas than making a petrol engine car. In the case of the Polestar 2, for example, manufacturing creates 24 tonnes of CO2 compared with 16.1 tonnes for the similar-sized, petrol-driven Volvo XC40.
The reason we know this is because these figures were shared with us Polestar. Which begs the question, why would an EV measure and release numbers that seem to undermine the ecological point of buying an EV?
