How do they make the electricity for the cars? What's at the other end of the wire?
Alberta has plenty of coal, though they are trying not to use it for environmental reasons.
The world isn't going to be able to do without burning oil or coal for years to come, but if when it does, there are still other things you make out of them.
Yes, and so I wonder I guess what does the US do - burn natural gas is my guess. And China will be using coal for decades to come I am sure.
The perverse result of electric vehicles in my wildest guesses is that less demand for oil will push its price down, making gas even cheaper. So there will be this ongoing interplay between gas vehicles and electric vehicles. Some 90 year old lady who drives once a week will have next to no incentive to buy an electric car. Long distance commuters will have the most incentive.