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No , if you run EVs off a grid fossil fuel generator, that's the difference between 33% and 40% efficient. It's not enough to move the needle. It doesn't even pay for itself in terms of emissions.
The energy source absolutely has to be ZERO emissions as well. If not then it's just climate cope.