Tim Urban (author of Wait But Why) scrounged for data and made some excellent graphs about this. I recommend checking out his excellent but long post on Tesla:

Tim Urban (author of Wait But Why) scrounged for data and made some excellent graphs about this. I recommend checking out his excellent but long post on Tesla: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-life.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-will-change-your-lif... In general, electric vehicles are better than gas vehicles. However, hybrids may be the most efficient in a region with a relatively dirty electric grid: http://28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-4.52.33-PM.png http://28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-c...