The point is not to just put fingers in the ears close eyes and scream EV BAD EV BAD EV BAD. That doesn’t help the argument that government shouldn’t mandate winners and lossers in a free market. Elon makes a solid technology product that for a lot of use cases makes not only fiscal sense but also practical sense. If you have access to garage charging, and / or work L2 charging them as a commuter car especially with the FSD tech there is little equal. For the very small set of people living in BFE then no EVs make little sense. Given that the vast majority of people in the USA live in urban counties and most don’t drive more than 40 miles a day those with work L2 or a garage will likely see a improvement in cost per mile. For rural areas hybrids make the most sense they improve fuel economy by 100% which reduces real pollution such as NOx and particulates. Electric drivetrains are the future every car maker is moving away from gears and fluids to electrons the mechanical simplicity alone drives this. Toyota the king of the hybrids is only selling its flagship Camry as a hybrid next model year one of the best selling cars in the world that says the number one automaker on earth is going fully electric drives sooner than later. Having a very efficient ICE to drive a generator is a no-brainer then. Every diesel electric locomotive does this every day with great efficiency.
Agreed. The use case needs to drive the car selected.
I do think that Toyota will -gradually- go electric, as they move to utilize a mix of EV, hybrid and ICE once the charging infrastructure is in place
That seems prudent and should result in fewer hiccups which Mercedes-Benz experienced in modifying their electric-only lineup rollout, although a friend is (impatiently) waiting to place his order for an AMG E 53.