I think its just virtue-signalling for the people soon to be out of work as the coal mines are slowly shutting down, also mentioned here [1] That said the stat

I think its just virtue-signalling for the people soon to be out of work as the coal mines are slowly shutting down, also mentioned here [1] That said the state has little demand for EV's so probably not too many people noticed. Probably also to give some confidence to the oil investors but I am not an investment expert. [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34395111