Actually not too long ago Elon Musk mentionned this point, the fact that ultimately electricity does come from fossil fuels in many cases. And of course this is

Actually not too long ago Elon Musk mentionned this point, the fact that ultimately electricity does come from fossil fuels in many cases. And of course this is not good. However, he made some good points: * Fossile fuel electricity generators (utilities power plants) are often times more efficient than burning the same amount in your car * Also, all the electric infrastructure needed to distribute electricity is much 'greener' than the system needed to distribute fossile fuels to your local gas station. So even though the power is from coal, it's production/transport/consumption makes it more efficient than simply using your 'gasoline' powered car. As much as these are interesting points, I have not broken down the real impacts Elon mentionned, but I thought they made a lot of sense.