According to Marc Tarpenning (Tesla founder), EVs produce less carbon than combustion vehicles, even if 100% of the power is generated by coal: https://youtu.b

According to Marc Tarpenning (Tesla founder), EVs produce less carbon than combustion vehicles, even if 100% of the power is generated by coal: https://youtu.be/hf15nMnayXk?list=FL68WumAcUAWIBaxczXoR-1Q&t=278 https://youtu.be/hf15nMnayXk?list=FL68WumAcUAWIBaxczXoR-1Q&t... The reason is that combustion engines - even modern ones - are very inefficient and lose most of the energy they produce to heat. Large coal plants are efficient by comparison, and EVs themselves are extremely energy-efficient even when considering grid losses etc.