It's Just One Vote and It's Just One Carbon Footprint

[Angrboda]

Electric cars do not have a smaller carbon footprint than an existing, high gas mileage carbon fueled vehicle.

It simply takes the carbon output out of a tailpipe, and puts it up the smokestack of an electric power plant. When you consider line loss, mechanical conversions, an the energy output to build the new car - you are probably adding to the problem rather than helping.

Until you start generating millions of gigawatts without fossil fuels it will remain that way.

Currently - the best way of lowering your carbon footprint is to use less.

Walk.

Depends on where it's manufactured.