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USA is down to 40% electricity from coal, on average. Natural gas is up and wind is up, and a bit more solar, too. Even at 100% coal, an EV beats ICE cars up to about 80MPG.
If you drive an EV, then put solar panels on your roof -- several companies will do this for $0 down; and you pay about half of what you do now for the electricity. Charge the EV at night and pay the off-peak price.
The average Volt drives over 1,000 miles on an ~8 gallon tank of gas. Sounds pretty good to me. A little over 700 miles of that are on electricity, and at worst it gets ~93MPGe in electric mode. If the Volt seated four tall adults, it would be better. If it had a purpose-made ICE and ran in true serial hybrid mode, it could rival a Prius in charging mode.
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