EV adoption goes beyond the early adopters and those who naïvely think they're an unequivocal environmental aid, and it goes well beyond the Tesla ecosystem: As it becomes ever-easier to recharge them (like with L2 hookups at home or at certain apartment complexes, which until recently was very much a <b>Not Tesla</b> thing), there will be a lot of convenience in not having to go out somewhere just to refuel; Tesla did its own thing for a long time with its Supercharger stations and its non-standard charging ports, but it now has adapters to allow its vehicles to L2 charge and it's intending to allow L2 charging at its Supercharger sites if it hasn't already.<br><br>Anyway, it's not all, or even mostly, about wealthy elites being smug about how their luxury vehicle helps out the environment by simply existing, and although Tesla deserves credit for making EVs look cool, most EV adoption will consist of mundane vehicles from the same companies that historically made gasoline-powered cars, purchased by people who aren't looking to make a statement about how eco-conscious they are; that trope was old even when South Park joked about the "Toyota Pious" 15 years ago.<br><br>Also, my understanding is more that the reason EVs didn't catch on before the 2000s is that the battery technology just wasn't there, even when GM tested out its EV1 in 1996; batteries had improved enough to make electric passenger vehicles make sense by the time Elon Musk took over Tesla and decided to make EVs seem cool too. Electric pickup trucks barely make sense (the F-150 Lightning has mixed reviews), and I don't think electric big rigs will ever become viable, because with the lower energy density of batteries compared to fuel tanks or hydrogen fuel cells (the eco-conscious choice in Europe), too much of the weight of the vehicle would need to be taken up by the batteries.<br><br>At least you didn't say EVs were responsible for more greenhouse-gas emissions than internal-combustion-engine cars, because for most electricity sources, ICEs overtake EVs in total lifecycle emissions after less than a year; only in certain situations like an unusually inefficient EV (like one of the Porsches) being driven in a place where the great majority of electricity comes from coal (like West Virginia) would an EV end up responsible for more GHG emissions over its lifecycle than any ICE.<br>Instead, you stuck with the undeniable environmental costs that EVs have and ICEs don't, coming from the extraction of the metals for the batteries.,(reply>), The companies are being forced by the state to switch to electric vehicles at least here in Europe.