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> I enjoyed hearing electric cars called "external combustion engines" given that in most countries (at least mine) the electricity used to charge the car still mostly comes from fossil fuel.

I will point out, as I usually do when this is trotted out, that this line of thinking is formally called the "long tailpipe" fallacy.

You can find more with that search term.

Yes, it is a fallacy.