ZCanadian

If they don’t push it (companies and governments), it’s not going to happen.
Demand isn’t going to shift to EV’s on its own.

For companies, it seems to be a way to differentiate oneself, and a reason for charging exorbitantly more for a car.

For government it makes it look like they are doing something to the Millennials who are more interested in a cause than a job (and, Lord help us all, are now becoming political), while pushing the time-bomb of generation and transmission capacity down the road for future governments to address.

The only losers are the consumer, who has to pay more for a lesser vehicle (“lesser” at the moment, because range and recharging capability is limited unless you live in certain regions), and the taxpayer who is no doubt going to have to foot the bill for much of this folly (incentives, road tax changes, subsidy for generation/transmission expansion, and payments to subsidize for increased overall electricity costs). But as long as producers and regulators can rely on a general lack of critical thinking, industry will move in this direction. As with most mandated changes, the move to EV will be bungled six ways to Sunday as compatibilities, timing, infrastructure and costs will not be sorted out by market forces and will therefore be inefficient.

These changes are being brought to you by the same people who draft a manifesto against single use straws while sipping their Kuerig/Tassimo coffees. Or the kids who skip school to get driven to a climate change strike/rally in their parents’ Suburbans and Land Rovers.