Gas cars will still be around long after 2035 this is why this is not actually very ambitious in terms of climate mitigation. And now BMW wants to weaken it further.
Have you seen how difficult it still is to buy some new cars, as in the waiting times? If you wait for 2034 to buy a new car, you'll never get it. I expect that by 2030, the backlog of orders will e full already till the end of production in 2035.
Especially here in Europe we're not so invested in gas guzzlers (and cars in general really depending on the country). Cars tend to be very compact, so much that American movies often make fun of them.
That's your bubble talking, the reality goes in the other direction.
Especially because more and more people have installed solar panels since the Ukraine war increased energy prices a lot. With that they can charge their cars for free.
In the Netherlands delivered electricity can right now be taken off the bill per kWh but in the future this will change, and during sun hours the delivered kWh won't be worth a lot. But using it for charging a car will still mean free fuel.
Yes, EV charging networks are far fewer. Today, in 2023. In 2035 the availability is going to be way better, and by 2040 (when "everyone" has an EV) it's going to be just as easy as gas. Because if it isn't, they'll have to slow things down or risk public outrage.
If something seems crazy or impossible, double check the facts.
This will almost certainly flip by 2035. What will eventually phase out existing gas cars will be the gasoline-distribution infrastructure’s phase out. (We are already seeing this in Norway [1], where three quarters of gas stations have closed despite only ~15% EV fleet penetration.)
[1] http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/i-fokus/in-focus-2021/the....