IMO, the government and elites don’t really want We the People in privately-owned EVs, either. They want us in their “smart, 15-minute” cities and either riding public transport (which may be EVs), biking, or walking.
Much of the market is being driven by the highly irrational war on fossil fuels and many so-called smart people believe “net-zero” means no more oil.
It is insane. Oil is a key component of everything around you and even the roads we drive on are dependent upon oil. Electrical transmission requires oil. Wind turbines require oil. You cannot make PV panels or mine the minerals needed without oil. Plastics, medicine, foam, synthetics, electronics, wire insulation, etc etc.
We would be back to the 12th century without oil.
The simple fact is that “oil” remains the most essential factor in transportation. There are places where electrification might make some sense, but people talking about electric planes, battery powered trains or military vehicles, long-haul trucking, or boats are living in a fantasy under the current tech and even the next generation.
Good for getting investors and selling stock, but pie in the sky. Sadly, many of our politicians seem to understand very little about the current technologies and the limitations and this is driving us into very bad policy decisions with large costs for low net benefit and other problems such as environmental contamination and fires.