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Question: Hi Sam, you seem like a good person to ask this question to. Do electric cars really save the environment? I've heard that production of batteries for these cars release quite a lot of CO2, but does the zero emissions of the car make up for this?

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Question: Hi Sam, you seem like a good person to ask this question to. Do electric cars really save the environment? I've heard that production of batteries for these cars release quite a lot of CO2, but does the zero emissions of the car make up for this?