They don’t have to shut down gas stations or prevent battery replacements to get consumers our of ICE autos, they just have to make traditional autos impossible to build by enacting impossible “environmental” standards for them:
April 1, 2022 | Washington, DC
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced new, landmark fuel economy standards which follow President Biden’s executive order to drive American leadership forward on clean cars. The new standards will make vehicle miles per gallon more efficient, save consumers money at the pump, and reduce transportation emissions.
The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards require an industry-wide fleet average of approximately 49 mpg for passenger cars and light trucks in model year 2026, the strongest cost savings and fuel efficiency standards to date. The new standards will increase fuel efficiency 8% annually for model years 2024-2025 and 10% annually for model year 2026. They will also increase the estimated fleetwide average by nearly 10 miles per gallon for model year 2026, relative to model year 2021.
They’ve got a multi-front war on personal transportation, starting with EVs, ludicrous CAFE standards, persistence of the gasoline tax, and all that, etc. Another front is road usage:
“$2.2B infrastructure budget paves way for new roads, bridges, bike lanes across U.S.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-billion-dollar-infrastructure-budget-pete-buttigieg-new-roads-bridges-bike-lanes/
... For example, a $17 million grant will help narrow a five-lane road to three lanes in the Chicago suburb of Munster, Indiana, in an effort to decrease traffic crashes.”
“Decrease traffic crashes”... yea, right.
Here’s another part of the assault, from the NYSlimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/widen-highways-traffic.html
They want fewer lanes and thus more traffic congestion in order to get people out of their cars. It’s now official policy in NYC & DC.