"Electric vehicles convert about 59%–62% of the electrical energy from the grid to power at the wheels. Gasoline vehicles only convert about 17%–21% of the energy stored in gasoline to power at the wheels" However, we need to look at the overall picture when considering the...

Here is a useful article (in pdf) from energy-vision.org ....... Turning Waste into Vehicle Fuel http://energy-vision.org/ev-publications/EV-RNG-Community-Guide.pdf

"Wind power is one of the fastest-growing sources of new electricity supply and the largest source of new renewable power generation added in the United States since 2000. At the same time, low natural gas prices, low wholesale electricity prices, and reduced demand for electricity since 2008 are...

Here is a relatively new project being developed at Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s Electrofuels More details can be found at www.energy.gov