Hostility towards the "concept" of an EV? No! Hostility towards those who have been touting EV's as a present day replacement for the internal combustion engine? Absolutely. Perhaps, and I stress perhaps, one day EV's will evolve into a viable mode of transportation. At the present time it is a local commuter, period. And, I mean local. My commute to work is two+ hours one way. An EV is worthless to me. Then there's the battery disposal and replacement problem. The batteries are not cheap, and neither is proper disposal. Additionally, those who make the false claim that EV's are a eco-friendly vehicle need to have the taste slapped out of their mouth. Where does the electricity come from that these vehicles require to be recharged with? It ain't from clean energy (whatever that means). EV's are purely a STATUS symbol. LOOK AT ME I HAVE A PRIUS; TESLA; whatever! I'll stick with my internal combustion vehicle which can take me up to 500 miles on a single tank of fuel, thank you. And, do so with very little in the way of emissions, too.
BTW I don't want a hybrid I want a used pure EV to play with don't like the term but I'm an early adapter/pick er up er/what ever they call it/fiddler.
Your hostility argument seems to me to be argument without a distinction...but its like most conservative argument in that it is based on what will work in fly over country..
How much damage to the environment does battery manufacture and electrical supply for electric cars cause? Much!