> Its not Tesla that is pushing electric (they're basically irrelevant number wise) it is the Paris climate accord. What? BEV were non existent before Tesla. T

> Its not Tesla that is pushing electric (they're basically irrelevant number wise) it is the Paris climate accord. What? BEV were non existent before Tesla. Tesla is and has always been the leader in this space. Mary D. Nichols (chair of CARB from 2007 to 2020) credited Tesla for the adoption of EV and said they needed Tesla to enforce regulations (without any EV manufacturers, the state could not actually enforce limits since there would be no alternative). And because things were moving in California, other countries said they should speed things up and not just rely on hybrids as the goal. Since then, politicians are simply watching the adoption curve of EV, doing projections and announcing bans... right when they will not be necessary (because EV will already have replaced ICE). Watch what's happening in California https://cdn.motor1.com/images/custom/plugin-car-sales-california-2021-q1-source-veloz-c.png https://cdn.motor1.com/images/custom/plugin-car-sales-califo... how is this explained by the l'accord de Paris?