Tesla car battery production releases as much CO2 as 8 years of gasoline driving. Ooops, looks like those saving the planet Tesla snobs just got their eco ride de pimped. Image from Teslas website. From Ny. Teknik ht to Don Shaw translatedHuge hopes have been tied to electric cars as the solution to automotive CO2 climate problem. But it turns out the the electric car batteries are eco villains in the production process of creating them. Several tons of carbon dioxide has been emitted, even before the batteries leave the factory. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute was commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration and the Swedish Energy Agency to investigate litium ion batteries climate impact from a life cycle perspective. There are batteries designed for electric vehicles included in the study. The two authors Lisbeth Dahllf and Mia Romare has done a meta study that is reviewed and compiled existing studies. The report shows that the battery manufacturing leads to high emissions. For every kilowatt hour of storage capacity in the battery generated emissions of 1. The researchers did not study individual brand batteries, how these were produced, or the electricity mix they use. But if we understand the great importance of the battery here is an example Two common electric cars on the market, the Nissan Leaf and the Tesla Model S, the batteries about 3. Wh and 1. 00 k. Wh. Even before buying the car emissions occurred, corresponding to approximately 5. Carbon Dioxide. The numbers can be difficult to relate to. As a comparison, a trip for one person round trip from Stockholm to New York by air causes the release of more than 6. UN organization ICAO calculation. Another conclusion of the study is that about half the emissions arising from the production of raw materials and half the production of the battery factory. The mining accounts for only a small proportion of between 1. The calculation is based on the assumption that the electricity mix used in the battery factory consists of more than half of the fossil fuels. In Sweden, the power production is mainly of fossil nuclear and hydropower why lower emissions had been achieved. The study also concluded that emissions grow almost linearly with the size of the battery, even if it is pinched by the data in that field. It means that a battery of the Tesla size contributes more than three times as much emissions as the Nissan Leaf size. It is a result that surprised Mia Romare. Flyertown Flyertown. Cannot Connect Bluetooth Speaker To Windows 10 here. Want to buy the best new car Our five simple steps will help you choose the best new car for your needs and make sure you get a great deal on your new car, too. From all of the car speaker sizes, the 6. Whether it is low or high frequency, they can be successfully.