It's not 15% when you already have a gasoline vehicle that you propose to discard. It's 115%, because the alternative is to keep what you have. You can't unproduce what you have.
Keep old car: 0% the emissions of producing it
Buy new gasoline car: 100% the emissions to produce it
Buy new electric car: 115% the emissions to produce a gasoline car
Keep old car: 0% the emissions of producing it
Buy new gasoline car: 100% the emissions to produce it
Buy new electric car: 115% the emissions to produce a gasoline car