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As is customary in these discussions, the "Long Tailpipe" idea has been raised again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_long_tailpipe

http://www.casteyanqui.com/ev/longtailpipe/

Mr Musk's criticism of it is in here https://www.tesla.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-j... Section starting "Power Plant Emissions aka “The Long Tailpipe”"

Chinese electricity might be dirty today, but if they're willing to transform the busses, what makes you think that the grid power will stay unchanged?

Solar energy is becoming cheaper every year, becoming competitive with coal even without taking emissions problems into account. And where are those solar panels manufactured again?

And if they stay with some coal generation, I found these on google very quickly:

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/china-cleans-up-its-act-5... https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/5/15/1563453...



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