Exactly right. The strongest argument in years past for EVs was you could power them with central power stations which had the most modern environmental controls. The theory was it was easier and more cost-effective to apply the controls to a few central stations rather than to millions of automobiles. In effect, you were moving the pollution sources out of the dense cities to remote power plants.
But that argument has gone completely out the window because the tremendous technical advances in automotive emission controls and fuels have gotten cleaner as well. So there really isn’t any sane justification for EVs any more.
Everybody has lost sight of the original justification and why it no longer fits today’s conditions. If you ask the average person about the advantages of EVs, you won’t get a cogent (or even sane) answer. But there are HUGE disadvantages from poor range, long recharge times, extremely shortened range if you run your heater or AC, high consumption rates of rare earth minerals, toxic waste, high capital cost, high cost of replacing battery packs, etc.
Really, they are nothing but a badge for liberals to brag “I care more than you.”
Ahhh yes. The Toyota Pious crowd as I call them.