The reasons to a convergence to electricity are the same that the one of the convergence to IP. CO₂ is just an excuse to market, the reason is that we need to

The reasons to a convergence to electricity are the same that the one of the convergence to IP. CO₂ is just an excuse to market, the reason is that we need to do more, cheaply and en mass. Electricity is not the cheapest solution, but we need it anyway, so being able to run anything on it means being able to drop other form of energy, along their sourcing, logistics and storage. An EV is a far cheaper vehicle than an ICE or hybrid. It demand far less parts, far less precision to produce and assemble them. That's the point. EVs are cheap for the industry, in raw material terms, like electronic watches are far cheaper on scale than classic mechanical ones. Similarly a heat-pump is cheaper industrially speaking than a gas based heating system along with gas storage, logistic and so on. At scale run on electricity means far less raw materials needs, far cheaper large scale process.