According to
Car Advice Motoring expert and editor of New Zealand’s Dog & Lemon Guide, Clive Matthew-Wilson, has indicated that the fully electric Tesla Roadster that is being used to tour across Australia in an EV demonstration uses more energy and produces more CO2 than the average gasoline-powered car. According Matthew-Wilson:
Claims that electric cars like the Tesla are ‘emissions-free’ are simply a lie; electric cars merely transfer the pollution from the road to the power station. The vast majority of Australia’s electricity is produced using dirty fuels like coal. Burning coal to make electricity to power an electric car creates more pollution than if you simply powered the same vehicle using petrol.
