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by heygrady 3241 days ago
The idea that electric vehicles are "dirty" because of electricity produced from coal is now widely viewed as a myth [1]. The electric grid in the US (and worldwide [3]) is consistently and rapidly moving away from coal, which increases the "clean" factor of EVs over time [2].

[1] https://greentransportation.info/energy-transportation/evs-n...

[2] https://electrek.co/2017/06/05/electric-cars-cleaner-than-ga...

[3] https://cleantechnica.com/2017/05/16/coal-use-china-india-li...