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Meet First Toyota's First Mirai Owner - And His Half-Filled Fuel Cell Vehicle

Even on coal based electricity it would seem;
Electric vehicles beat gasoline cars in cradle-to-grave emissions study - LA Times

Although the study is not posted in the article, it seems to be based on everything from manufacturing to recycling - but it isn't mentioned whether there's accounting for the substantial ratio of home charged ev's - which would even further make the environmental point. But the article does go so far as to sum up in this fashion;
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The latest paper from UCS on EVs and greenhouse gases is out!
http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/11/Cleaner-Cars-from-Cradle-to-Grave-full-report.pdf

From the summary:
As a side note, the EPA thankfully changed their "egrid" naming conventions. So now, the year in the name is the year the data is from, rather than the year of release.

The report above is using the latest, 2012, electric...