Are we putting too much faith into electric vehicles?
Billions of dollars are being invested in electric vehicles in the name of fighting climate change. World leaders are backing them as the green fix for our burgeoning road transport emissions. But when you factor in the carbon emissions that come from manufacturing EVs, how well do they stack up against their petrol and diesel counterparts? If all the cars on the road switched to EVs, could we meet our climate targets?\n \nThis week The Climate Question looks under the bonnet of electric vehicles \u2013 and whether there is an altogether better solution.\n \nPresenters Neal Razzell and Kate Lamble are joined by:\n \nHeather Maclean, Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto \nQuentin Willson, Motoring journalist and EV campaigner \nClarisse Cunha Linke, Brazil Director of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy \nEstelle Honnerat, reporter in Paris\nDr Emma Smith, Research Fellow in Antarctic Seismology, University of Leeds\n \nProducer: Sophie Eastaugh \nResearcher: Natasha Fernandes \nSeries Producer: Alex Lewis \nEditor: Emma Rippon \nSound engineer: Tom Brignell