Electric cars have their place in urban usage, they def contribute to less toxic air and noice pollution (less illnesses, better quality of life in cities), as even fossil power plants have very effective exhaust gas cleaning nowadays in most countries.
Also they drive really fun (much torque) and are pretty reliable (much less moving parts, complexity) if developed well.
Efficiency wise they're still way behind diesel cars but the energy loss is a fair price for breathable air and healthier environment in cites. Especially in winter exhaust gas cleaning, even with modern cars, can take kilometers of driving till heat up to become effective
it's true, but it's only really relevant to city dwellers and i think cities are an unhealthy place to be for many other reasons without cars in the equation
out in the country and for long haul transport it's completely impractical
here in the mountains, diesel is also retarded, electric is a bit better but hybrid diesel makes the most sense, especially since regen brakes can charge the electric side well on half of the trip and has way more torqe for the uphill - brake wear and piston wear are plagues in the local vehicles i see driving around
