> Batteries are just expensive and there's no good way around it Yup, which means EVs in turn are also just expensive, and there's no way around it. Yet. It'

> Batteries are just expensive and there's no good way around it Yup, which means EVs in turn are also just expensive, and there's no way around it. Yet. It's relatively easy for today's politicians to make policy such as effectively banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2035, as the EU has done. Will that policy actually stick if EV prices don't fall significantly over the next 12 years? Even when the politicians of 2030-something start worrying about getting re-elected?