Are EV's worse?

Not everybody is on board with electric vehicles, in spite of the many - including car makers - who believe EV's are the future of cars. Here's an article that says electric cars are worse for the environment that the internal combustion engine (ICE) cars we mostly drive now.

The author says that "widespread adoption of electric vehicles nationwide will likely increase air pollution compared with new internal combustion vehicles. You read that right: more electric cars and trucks will mean more pollution." (The pollution he's talking about is emissions of carbon dioxide, SO2, and NOx.)

Two main reasons are:

• EV's are powered by electricity - which is produced for cars just as it is produced for everything else. Depends on what fuel is used by the power plants in your area.
• Today's cars are much better re: the environment than they used to be - "Today’s vehicles emit only about 1% of the pollution than they did in the 1960s, and new innovations continue to improve those engines’ efficiency and cleanliness."

But . . the issue is still debated. Here is an article that says EV's are better for the environment than today's gasoline-powered cars.