I think a huge mistake governments the world over are making is that they’re treating the ICE/EV debate as a binary: To get wide adoption of EVs you need to get rid of ICE, when that’s not the case.
There will always be an enthusiast segment of ICE buyers, and there’s no reason to shut the door to them. Once mass adoption of EVs becomes reality, the emissions from the few sportscars that are left will be a rounding error. Just let people who love ICE cars drive them and keep making a few new ones.
Petrolheads aren’t the ones driving climate change. Stacy who lives next door and owns a Chevy Suburban for the grocery shopping run does, and she couldn’t care less about the powertrain of her car as long as the car fits her kids and takes her from A to B.
I think a huge mistake governments the world over are making is that they’re treating the ICE/EV debate as a binary: To get wide adoption of EVs you need to get rid of ICE, when that’s not the case.
There will always be an enthusiast segment of ICE buyers, and there’s no reason to shut the door to them. Once mass adoption of EVs becomes reality, the emissions from the few sportscars that are left will be a rounding error. Just let people who love ICE cars drive them and keep making a few new ones.
Petrolheads aren’t the ones driving climate change. Stacy who lives next door and owns a Chevy Suburban for the grocery shopping run does, and she couldn’t care less about the powertrain of her car as long as the car fits her kids and takes her from A to B.