Mazda isn't hedging its bets on electric power just yet, believing that until the worldwide
electrical grid is predominantly powered by renewable
energy, an electric vehicle's tailpipe emissions are too far offset by the dirtiness and high CO2
values of the fossil - fuelled coal, oil, and gas power plants that supply their electricity.
Large amounts
of wind
energy are already being reliably and cost - effectively integrated with the electricity grid; utilities around the world continue to recognize the
value wind
energy can play within a larger, interconnected
electrical transmission system.