>Basically no lefties/urbanites would’ve made that argument before Tesla made EVs viable and attractive to normies. May be you didn't pay attention? They were

>Basically no lefties/urbanites would’ve made that argument before Tesla made EVs viable and attractive to normies. May be you didn't pay attention? They were already protests in the 1970s to stop the non sense of building highways in the middle or urban centres. Jane Jacob was talking about it in the 1960s. It's not so much about environmentalists but urban designers have been talking of the negative impact of car culture on our society and way of life for decades. Both things can be true. EVs are better than ICE cars. Not having your lifestyle and cities designed around cars for every single trip is better than EVs. And we can switch to EVs gradually while also making our dense communities more livable. Not everything revolves around Elon Musk ideas, as much as he would like many to believe.