I see. The “no true Scotsman” defense of EVs. If the example defeats your argument, then you just ignore it. That doesn’t work in the real world.

I’m a big fan of EVs. I’m an electrical engineer myself and have been watching this develop for decades. But I also work as a professsional engineer for 30+ years in energy. I know how dirty oil is. I know how dirty gas is. I don’t work in coal or fracking, but I know pretty well how dirty they are (particularly fracking). I also know how dirty precious element extraction and processing are. And solar panel production. And wind turbine production (been working in renewables for over 10 years). And how much known copper exists on the planet.

Electrification through renewables is definitely better than through coal from end to end. After that the math gets more tricky.

Right now 1:1 EV to ICE vehicle replacment is not a solution ecologically or logistically. It just doesn’t scale. Comparing individual vehicle emissions is disengenuous.

If I were king of the world I’d require end to end emissions standards, including vehicle production and transportation. Ignoring transport ships that burn fuel so viscous it requires heating to even flow from the fuel tank to the motor, with emissions equal to 50 million cars annually, makes the comparison of individual car emissions risible.