should an electric vehicle be able to pull a gas-powered vehicle up a hill in an apples-to-apples comparison? no. the thrust from the fossil fuels should win, every time. if the electric vehicle wins, it would have to be due to it weighing more. but, an end consumer may be more concerned about absolute results than discussions about the relative limits of the different technologies.

personally, i don't care about any of this.

my question is this: with so much material going into the vehicle, what is it's carbon footprint, in terms of manufacturing?

put another way: how long would you have to drive one of these tesla trucks (assume cleanly generated electricity) to make up for the extra carbon you're using in manufacturing a tank instead of a truck?

let's not lose the plot, here.