Atkinson says the problem with this is it focuses on just one part of the car’s operating life: what comes out of the exhaust pipes and ignores other elements such as the manufacturing and the mining of rare earth minerals, shipping and building of the batteries.

Oh look, the things that always get brushed under the rug when a conversation is attempted about just how "green" EVs are vs ICE.

Uses on X were quick to support Atkinson with one stating: “If Rowan Atkinson is responsible then give him a knighthood.”

lol, get fucked HoL.

Rowan Atkinson with a degree and Masters in Engineering. Knows far more than those pushing electric vehicles

"Noooooo, not that kind of expert! Quick, get rid of him like happened with Professor David Nutt!"

For those OOTL:

In 2007 Nutt published a study on the harms of drug use in The LANCET. Eventually, this led to his dismissal from his position in the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD); see government positions below. Subsequently, Nutt and a number of his colleagues who had resigned from the ACMD founded the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs, which was later renamed Drug Science.

He basically stated alcohol could be worse than things like LSD and ecstasy due to various metrics the substances and others were measured against.