The auto execs know the current approach is not practical short term. But like everything else these days, you step outside the liberal narrative and you get cancelled. The majority of US Auto Mfg will go along.. And once they lose billions, they will go to the government and get reimbursed.
That's the crux of it all; they're gambling with peoples' lives AND their money.
It's korporatism, also known as fascism, and it has to stop.