Wow, the comments on that article are terrible.
Holy Moly, thanks for pointing that out.
I did my small part and posted the following:
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I encourage those who have commented negatively to dig just a little deeper. The total lifecycle of EVs produces far less emissions than gasoline-based vehicles. You can cherry pick data to attempt to show otherwise, but that picture stands throughout the world and is getting better. One of the places has shown dramatic progress is in the US: our energy utilities are moving away from coal big-time: 39% of production was coal-based in 2014, and that had gone down to 27% in 2018.
Note that the EV you purchase today continues to produce lower and lower emissions each year as the utilities get cleaner, whereas your gasoline-powered car emissions remain the same at best or more likely get worse. Also consider that there are far fewer parts in an EV drivetrain, requiring way less maintenance than a gasoline-powered engine and transmission.
Here are two very good sources:
1. The big global picture
Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
2. A nice overview of how the picture has getting better in the US, with a nice color-coded map, much better than words:
New Data Show Electric Vehicles Continue to Get Cleaner
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