Don't forget, these are the same automakers that faked their diesel results for years - poisoning (their own) cities with noxious fumes. Its fair to say that th

Don't forget, these are the same automakers that faked their diesel results for years - poisoning (their own) cities with noxious fumes. Its fair to say that the environment is not high on their agenda. Instead, its simply that ICE cars offer higher barriers to entry, and higher revenue. Higher barriers to entry since the engines and fuel systems are incredibly complex, and higher revenue since they need more repairs and spare parts. EVs by contrast are much simpler, and will encourage the commodification of vehicle transport - look at what is happening in China with 'Low Speed Electric Vehicles'. Its kind of a shame that countries like Poland havn't launched their own low-cost EV companies, to take over the low-end of the European market. But its unsurprising as Europe, even the East, is indeed very bureaucratic and unaccommodating to startups. The continent would help itself massively if all countries adopted English as an official second language.