EV not green if electricity comes from fossil fuels, NGO tells carmakers

Environmentalist group RimbaWatch has called out carmakers for promoting their electric vehicles (EV) in the country as “zero-emissions” when over 90 percent of Peninsular Malaysia’s energy is derived from fossil fuels.

RimbaWatch expressed concerns that car manufacturers could “mislead consumers into believing they have achieved net-zero personal mobility” if they do not include local emissions factors in the calculations of an EV’s emissions...