What people also often overlook, is how is the energy generated to charge the electric cars. No country in the world has reached a majority of energy generated from renewables. So as the article says, while these vehicles might not have an exhaust pipe, the pollution is simply being created elsewhere.

Take for instance the city I live in. They proudly tout that their tram and metro systems are powered by renewable hydro power. But what is not mentioned is that a major river had to be dammed for this doing massive environmental damage.

Then there's the question of all of the plastics used in the production of the car. This is of course all produced from oil. The tyres also require a large amount of oil to produce. The list goes on and on. These things are in no way the green solution they are being sold as.