That's a difficult thing to calculate - taxes on the manufacture of different inputs makes that transparent to calculate. Shipping is almost inconsequential -

That's a difficult thing to calculate - taxes on the manufacture of different inputs makes that transparent to calculate. Shipping is almost inconsequential - I bought my $16000 Yaris and it was shipped from Japan to eastern Canada. If the carbon cost of the fuel to ship is included, manufacturers will self-select where to manufacture (or will charge appropriately to deliver) I fundamentally feel that disposal of lithium ion battery packs from cars should be viewed as a cheap source material, not a cost. Side note, if you drive 16000km/year... Maybe you don't need a Tesla? That's only 40-50km a day. Get something much cheaper with 100km range, and rent a car the half dozen times you need more. Edit: responding to your edits: carbon is carbon, does it matter if it comes from natural gas or a different source?