Asklemmy

No, not really. Truth is that electric cars aren't here to save the planet, it's to save the car industry, from an increasingly environmentally aware market. They exist to make the thought of every citizen owning a 2 ton machine more palatable, instead of embracing better pedestrian and public infrastructure.

Granted there will always be people that need or want a vehicle, and EVs would be great for them. But that statement ignores that the majority of people would be satisfied walking or using well funded public infrastructure. The emissions from building a 1-2 ton machine of any kind, for every citizen, is environmentally infeasible.

That being said there could be a point to building high occupancy electric vehicles (buses/trucks) that could serve hundreds, if not, thousands of passengers/lbs of cargo. This could be a desperately needed stepping stone for cities too deep in car/vehicle oriented infrastructure. It will certainly give urban planners some desperately needed breathing room when the time comes to completely restructure both public and logistics related infrastructure (as in public transportation, and transportation of goods/cargo).

Also this entire comment ignores that theres no where near enough lithium produced to satisfy "sufficient production" of electric vehicles (replace current vehicles sales with electrics). There is new, lithium free, battery tech being developed. To me however, it's very foolish to gamble your planet's wellbeing, on technology that doesn't exist, to save some car companies.