All-Electric vehicles are a stupid idea from the word ‘go’. The electrical distribution plant isn’t designed to handle the massive increase in power consumption that such a scheme requires.
Diesel electrics actually make a fair amount of sense, and it is long-time proven technology that has, for decades moved massive amounts of freight across this former republic of ours. However, diesel engines are an anathema to the left, so they won’t push this proven technology. Even the gas/electric hybrids don’t really compare from an efficiency standpoint.
All of this electric crap is being pushed entirely by politics, and not reality, efficiency, or reason.
Modern petrol engines are amazingly efficient compared to those of just a few decades ago. (Same goes for diesels) I’m not sure how much more you can squeeze out of them beyond very marginal tweaking.
Yet, the communists and other assorted whackjobs want us driving coal powered vehicles.
EVs are typically vanity purchases of the well-off subsidized by working men and women.