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One of the things that is rarely appreciated about batteries is that they can't, by the inviolable laws of thermodynamics, be more efficient than the energy source that was used to produce them. So while you might be able to get more energy of out of battery on a percentage basis than you could out of an IC engine, when you consider where that energy came from in the first place (typically fossil), they are less efficient, full stop. Unless or until we use renewables, EVs are worse for the environment, even though they have zero tailpipe emissions. I want to key every Tesla I see in MI that has a ZROCO2 vanity plate. In MI, and in most states, your EV power is coming from coal and natural gas.