Don’t disagree that we’ll see significant uptake of electric vehicles over the next 10-20 years in Western countries. But Asia and Africa will be 20-30 years behind that curve.
Ola Electric just got 100,000 bookings for their electric scooter in a week, and is building one of the largest EV factories on Earth. Same for ReVolt Motors in India.
The magnitude of change can only be comprehended in the rear view mirror, not from the windshield
Most automakers are now divesting from ic technology. GM announced a lithium mine that will at least double global lithium production. Solar is now mass producible and cheaper than most carbon plants in most locations.
It’s really cheap to set up solar production relative to coal power plants, with much less regulatory burden and the ability to make arbitrarily small utility production.
Conversely negative economic impacts of fossil fuels are now being felt via climate variability.