The fundamental problem is that we have conflated the EV with the BEV. These are not the same thing. But because we have done that, we've created a car market

The fundamental problem is that we have conflated the EV with the BEV. These are not the same thing. But because we have done that, we've created a car market that is something akin to what we saw in the Communist bloc. Basically, the government is forcing people to buy cars they don't want, or trying to get people to stop buying cars they do want. It's not even paying attention to even basic economics, as cheaper hybrids or PHEVs are heavily dissuaded against. So people who are less well-off and want to participate are instead told to suffer. The whole thing is a doomed process and will only generate resentment.