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The Register's URL is "Battery cars destroy the world". Not really. They're about on par with the more efficient hybrids and diesels. "Battery cars fail to save the world" is more like it.
Also, Switzerland has found that "an electric car" pollutes like a car getting 3.8L/100km or 60mpg. But The Register didn't mention on what cycle or which electric car it was.
If the cycle is NEDC, then the most efficient cars on both sides of the ocean pollute less on that cycle. On a hypermiler drive cycle, I bet we can squeeze out a better % over NEDC with an ICE. Piwo, I bet you're ahead of where you'd be in an electric large station wagon.
In any case, if you have tens of thousands to spend on reducing your carbon footprint, an EV should be near the bottom of your list of priorities.
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