Electric vehicles aren't perfectly green (no surprise!) but on balance they are better than internal combustion engine cars.,(reply>), That's the important question isn't it?  Transportation is a decent chunk of our global carbon emissions and pollution.  I really wish that instead of only arguing the downsides of one option (EVs), Echelon and others would try to compare the positives and negatives of each.  For example, when he was showing the Wall Street Journal comparison of carbon emissions he briefly scrolled down far enough to show when the Tesla and Rav4 "break even" point.  It was around 25,000 miles.  That's well short of the expected lifespan of both cars, but Echelon says "tens or hundreds of thousands of miles" to make you think it's much farther away, and thus less of an important factor when comparing the two vehicles.,(reply>), Shut up, greenist. XD