Odd question to ask, perhaps, on this sub. But I recently had a conversation with someone who is blindly anti-EV and he kept rambling on about a “silent majority” of EV owners who “don’t care at all” about the environment. I personally don’t think that’s true, but I may be (sadly) wrong.
(We are both car enthusiasts, but he leans right, I lean left (and am concerned climate change). In case people are curious)
Every EV owner enjoys the environmental benefits. However the definition of “environment” varies greatly.
Most of the red-leaning folks appreciate that it does’t belch carbon monoxide and the potpourri of pollutants in their garage. Messy oil changes are no longer a hassle for DIYers. For them, the environment is their immediate vicinity.
On the other end of the spectrum, the environmentalist-leaning folks value that it’s helping to slow down the effects of climate change. They environment to them is the broader planetary one.