As electric vehicles become bigger in size what is the climate impact

How environmentally friendly are actually EVS? Are we finally learning more about the truth?

So larger EVs are admittedly not good for climate? What an admission!

Will government force its citizens to drive smaller EVs to save the planet like it tried before with so called gas guzzlers?

"... But as EVs get bigger, so does the amount of resource needed to make them. An electric SUV is a less “sustainable” vehicle than a smaller car, because of its gargantuan battery. ..."

From the abstract:

"Electric vehicles (EVs) are growing in size along with their increase in market share. At the same time, auto producers are responding to range anxiety by increasing battery capacity. The mean weight of the lithium-ion batteries in the most common vehicles sold in 2023 were 68% heavier than the models sold 5 years earlier. Larger size EVs with greater range require heavier lithium-ion batteries with more energy intensive inputs and greater lifetime carbon emissions.

Consumer messaging glosses over the energy and environmental impacts of increasingly larger EVs with heavier batteries. Government subsidies and tax incentives should be better aligned to account for greenhouse gas emissions over the vehicle lifecycle."

Big EVs: what do large cars mean for the climate?

Super-sized electric vehicles (EVs) will not solve the climate crisis (open access)