This announcement goal is to change the mentalities and set a direction, people in this thread are taking it way too literally. The public (even the younger gen

This announcement goal is to change the mentalities and set a direction, people in this thread are taking it way too literally. The public (even the younger generation) currently thinks electric cars are a kind of joke, putting 2040 makes it far away enough that people will think it's possible to go into another direction. It does not matter if it can be done by 2030, the public would just dismiss the announcement as unrealistic.