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Are electric cars environmental

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

To some extent yes they are environmentally friendly. However the electricity that is used to power the car has to come from somewhere. In some cases it is produced by coal or gas fired power plants which are not environmentally friendly.

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