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No that's ICE talking points.
There's obviously no comparison to be made with public transit, public transit kicks the ass of everything else in environmental friendliness. But it isn't and won't be an option in many cities and countries, so cars are here to stay for the medium future at least.
Given that we acknowledge the need for cars, what about the higher environmental impact of manufacturing them? Research shows that based on the cleanliness of the power sources the grid is using, it takes an average of 6 - 24 months for an EV to break even and start overtaking an ICE vehicle in (reduced) emissions. That's not a long time in a car's lifetime, and that's not yet accounting for future economies of scale such as battery recycling that we don't yet implement.