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It’s lazy because it might have been true in 2015 or maybe even 2018 and it might be true for some old cars now but with the increased and increasing % of electricity generated in the UK being renewable and the increasingly green battery manufacture and recycling, it would only take around 25k miles (2yrs for me) of driving that Range Rover before the Tesla is better for the planet on lifetime emissions.
Example calcs from several studies are available. A quick google:
https://www.boundless.co.uk/be-inspired/driving/is-keeping-my-old-car-greener-than-buying-a-new-ev
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1093657_buying-a-new-car-is-greener-than-driving-an-old-one-really
https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/7nudnt/calculator_on_keeping_old_car_vs_buying_electric/