[HIGHLIGHTS] According to the Federal Environment Agency, electric cars are 40 percent less harmful to the climate than combustion engines

Electric cars registered in 2020 are around 40 percent less harmful to the climate than cars with gasoline engines. By 2030, based on the expansion of renewable energies, an increase to up to 55 percent less climate damage is possible.

Electric cars will not be ahead of those with combustion engines in all areas examined until 2050. The increasing demand for some critical raw materials such as cobalt, nickel and lithium could be met in the future with more recycling, according to the Federal Environment Agency (UBA)