Amnesty International warns against the use of electric cars

Amnesty International is attacking the manufacture of electric vehicles on Thursday because it presents itself as environmentally friendly, while many of its batteries are produced using fossil fuels. contaminated and unethical sources of metals.

The human rights organization said in a statement that manufactured batteries can be carbon-intensive, while the extraction of used metals is related to human rights violations. the man, such as child labor.

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"Electric cars are at the center of the automobile industry's shift to fossil fuels, but for the moment, they are not as ethical as some retailers want," says the statement released in conjunction with Amnesty's launch of the North Motor Vehicle Initiative in Oslo.

The production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles uses a lot of carbon, said Amnesty International. Its production plants are concentrated in China, South Korea and Japan, where electricity production largely depends on coal or other fossil fuels.

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Global manufacturers are investing billions of dollars to increase the production of electric vehicles. The German company Volkswagen AG plans to bring the annual production of these vehicles from 40,000 in 2018 to 3 million by 2025.

Amnesty International has asked electric vehicle manufacturers to create a clean and ethical battery within five years.