‘Myths’ about electric cars in report leave Aston Martin red-faced
The carmaker’s CEO, Tobias Moers, says the report it compiled along with some of its peers predated him joining the company in August
03 December 2020 - 18:14
Aston Martin Lagonda is reviewing how a report was commissioned that researchers criticised for making inaccurate comparisons of the climate harm caused by cars powered by batteries and combustion engines.
Tobias Moers, Aston Martin’s CEO, said the report the carmaker compiled along with some of its peers predated him joining the company in August. One claim it made that was widely reported by UK media outlets in the wake of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s 2030 ban on vehicles lacking a plug was that it takes 78,000km for EVs to be cleaner than conventional cars...
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