Cars running on E85 corn-based ethanol, at the proposed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, will generate 30 percent lower CO2 emissions over an average car lifetime than a Tesla all-electric sports car using coal-fired power.

New study from University of Nebraska questions electric cars--

The analysis also determined that the Tesla will create 21 percent higher CO2 emissions than a car running conventional gasoline (with up to 10 percent ethanol content), at the proposed CAFE standards.

http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/...r-study-finds/