Yes, because it's more economical and better for the environment to improve efficiency. There is a good correlation between economic efficiency and what's good

Yes, because it's more economical and better for the environment to improve efficiency. There is a good correlation between economic efficiency and what's good for the environment. Right now it is more harmful to the environment to manufacture new electric cars and the batteries that they use. It's also more expensive. There are many other large, well-established companies besides new, small, green-initiative companies trying to improve battery efficiency and the environmental impact of said batteries because it's better for business. Interestingly enough, nuclear power is much more efficient, cheaper, and safer than fossil fuel based power, yet the United States has not built any new nuclear power plants in about 40 years because of environmental regulations. If we built newer, safer, more efficient nuclear power plants, we would be able to retire the older, not-as-safe, less-efficient nuclear power plants - and the price of electricity would go down making it more affordable to use electric cars all while using less fossil fuels! (Long-term storage of spent nuclear material is also incredibly safe. There are a bunch of lies floating around that it's not because they suit the other side's story. Also, economics will will encourage the development of technology to find usage for the material rather than keeping it in storage for the next X number of years.) I'm all for having a cleaner, safer environment. But until people get over their "not in my backyard" emotions, and get rid of harmful environmental regulations, then we are forced to use the technology that those people dislike. Why am I familiar with all of this? I'm a merchant mariner. A lot of us work in the energy sector. I'd rather lose those jobs (higher competition for my job and less money) due to self-dependance on nuclear energy while having a cleaner, safer environment. Have you seen the YouTube videos of tests where they crash jets into walls used in nuclear facilities or trains into nuclear containers? The United States is pretty large, we can build those nuclear power plants in places were they will be safe from the environment (unlike Japan which doesn't have much space to choose from).