Fact Sheet Compares Emissions of Electric and Conventional Vehicles in Minnesota

October 13, 2026 in Transportation & Fuels Authors: Emmy Curtiss, Gabrielle Olson, M. Moaz Uddin

As electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to grow, many consumers have questions about how EVs compare with gasoline vehicles in terms of environmental impact. There is a common misconception that EVs emit more over their lifetime due to the emission-intensive battery production process. While it is true that EVs generally produce higher emissions during manufacturing, they offset those emissions through cleaner operation in as little as 10 months, even when powered with the current electric grid mix, which is partially powered by fossil fuels. Continue reading »

Lifecycle Assessment Study Compares Emissions of EVs and Conventional Vehicles

July 8, 2025 in Reports & Whitepapers, Transportation & Fuels Authors: Emmy Curtiss, Gabrielle Olson, M. Moaz Uddin

The Great Plains Institute has developed a comprehensive lifecycle assessment study that analyzes and compares the lifecycle emissions of electric vehicles (EVs) and conventional vehicles. The tool study evaluates and compares the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the two vehicle types. Continue reading »

Argonne and GPI Launch R&D GREET Train-the-Trainer Program

August 12, 2024 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Gabrielle Olson

The Great Plains Institute (GPI), in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) and with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), just launched the newly developed R&D GREET Train-the-Trainer program. GREET, which stands for Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies, is a life cycle analysis tool, and R&D GREET is a specific model. Continue reading »