I believe they did the same thing in the 70's....
"In less than 10 years time, all vehicles will run on ethanol"...
The hucksters took the subsidies, and the whole thing never happened....
One aspect of electric vehicles that I don't think gets talked about enough is the amount of EMF radiation the passengers are exposed to.
I'm not sure what voltage the batteries operate at, but between the navigation systems, entertainment systems, built in hotspots, etc, most of which cannot be turned off [likely due to the fact that this connectivity is used to monitor the vehicles activity, remotely], people are driving around with the equivilant of a radio mast on their heads.
Only time will tell the long term consequences of this.
My money says it doesn't do much to help folks calm down, and make better life choices...
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On a slight tangent, if those pushing EVs are truly committed to cleaning up the envrionment, pushing innovation, etc, why are we debating a new class of vehicles which require a scarse metal ion to function (most of which is owned by China), as opposed to hydrogen powered vehicles, which run on abundant H2O? and have been a possiblity for decades now....