[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Vman455

The UCS has a nice calculator on their site that can display the information for specific vehicles in your zip code. Where I live, I can't do better in any electric car than I do in my current hybrid for now.

From that site, the average full EV produces 108 g/mile of CO2. A little search comes up with 130 g/mile for the Insight, given the "average driver" of the test cycle. I can count on doing at least 10% better, maybe more, which I'm not sure would be the case with an EV. So at best a marginal improvement.

And that's not even counting the purchase cost* of even a used EV, or the environmental cost of replacing a servicable and reasonably efficient hybrid.

*Dollars I could otherwise use to improve my home's energy efficiency, or make other changes.