Hey, guess who has been pointing this out for ages? <-- this guy. Electrical cars are good in towns because they MOVE pollution, not because they produce less. They used to be cleaner, but now everybody is switching to running them on coal instead if nuclear energy. http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/e-auto-co2-bilanz-stromer-nicht-automatisch-umweltfreundlich-5998454.html (And no, I don't read German car magazines, I was linked there from ing.dk)