In this case it is regulations causing delay and costly workarounds. The purpose of the regulations is good, but the practical outcome of implementation and det

In this case it is regulations causing delay and costly workarounds. The purpose of the regulations is good, but the practical outcome of implementation and details of those regulations is bad. Source: commercially sensitive private info. I'm not a free market apologist. But government regs too often have undesirable and costly side effects. Good standards and good regulations are hard to make. Also relevant to your point that EVs still create CO2: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2116632119 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2116632119 “We apply our estimates to an analysis of the Biden administration’s target of having electric vehicles make up 50% of new vehicle purchases by 2030. We find that, without significant and concurrent changes to the electricity sector far more substantial than those over the last decade, the increase in electricity emissions is likely to offset more than half the emission reductions from having fewer gasoline-powered vehicles.”