electric versus combustion cars

[Chris KC]

Any strategy which proposes scrapping existing vehicles and buying new is more about sales than it is about the environment. 

The cleanliness of electric power is inseparable from the means of generation - Norway - hydroelectric is pretty clean. Eastern europe - coal fired - baaad.

And yes, a 2-tonne car is not only wholly unnecessary but massively less fuel efficient than, say, a 500kg car.