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It might be due to a larger proportion of green energy sources powering these EVs, not sure how they calculate the emissions figures.
They go into detail. Most FF electricity will be 40%-60% effiency, though peaker plants can be as low as 25%. ICE to wheel efficiency is 18%, and natural gas is cleaner than oil to boot. Canada has a lot of hydro and nuclear.
These kinds of studies usually go by the average emissions of the relevant country's power generation.
Heres the relevant bit for this study though, it has both national and by province: