Is electric car a zero emission vehicle?
No, no and no! Although, no nasties come out of its exhaust (it doesn’t even have one), it will never be zero emission. Don’t forget that it takes energy to produce electricity. Your electric car is as green as the energy it consumes. See the graphs for the electricity sources in the UK and USA. The data is based on stats provided by the IEA. As you see, fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, still dominate. In the process of generating one kWh of electricity by burning fossil fuel, around 800 grams of CO2 is emitted.
