you are right , Mod Ramen is wrong <| sep |> Was that worth your time to reply lol ? <| sep |> But when you take into account losses from transmission and storage , together with the life cycle of the batteries , it really isn ' t that much better . Like I said , you ' d be better off getting people better insulation in cold climates , that is a more drastic savings in efficiency . It would be way easier to go back to the ultralight compacts from the 70 s that get 60 mpg . We could even get them to run on CNG and you ' d have the same benefits of local air pollution reduction . You still haven ' t solved the problem of all the other shit we currently use electricity for . The bottom line is electric vehicles have almost no environmental benefit , other than reducing local air pollution .