Myth #3 You have to drive an EV for many years to compensate for the additional emissions produced by its battery manufacturing.
In Ontario and Quebec, you’d have to drive less than 9,000 kilometres before your EV has fewer lifetime emissions than a gas-powered car. That would take eight and a half months for the typical driver. In Alberta and Nova Scotia, where the power is much dirtier, you’d have to drive about 28,000 kilometres, which would take just over two years for the typical driver.