Why is powering an electric car via electric from fossil fuels better than powering a vehicle with fossil fuels directly?

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Why is powering an electric car via electric from fossil fuels better than powering a vehicle with fossil fuels directly?

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Factoring in emissions from all sources over its life, an electric car’s carbon footprint is, on average, equivalent to a gasoline car that gets 80 miles per gallon. And in many parts of the world, fossil fuels are used for a smaller percentage of electricity production. In those places, an EV would have a much smaller footprint than even that

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