Should We Buy a New EV or Keep Our Existing 2012?

If you don't drive very much, then you're never going to negate that initial embodied carbon penalty. If you live in West Virginia and you're gradually dirty that you're using to charge your car, then the payback happens a lot slower. These kind of factors are one of the reasons why at the end of the day, don't think subsidies are really the right way to be stimulating the right behavior.