The hard truth is... that
The hard truth is... that majority of the 1.4 billion cars and trucks will still run on gasoline or diesel as long as people can buy the fuel.. Why? Simple reason - people are too poor to afford EV. This fact might escape well heeled Tesla fanboys, but people earning $10K or less per year simply cannot afford $50K Tesla cars. For example, the high cost of Teslas are not only in the initial purchase price, but the fact that EVERY SINGLE major repairs have to by Tesla repair center. There is no getting around this due to strict parts/repair equipment and knowledge embargo, not to mention enormously complex computer that's housed in a Tesla controlling everyhing. Poor people may reapair old ICE by themselves with simple set of mechanical tools, but there is no way they can tackle a Tesla power train repair. Poor Cubans have kept their fleet of 60 year old gasoline cars running for decades, just with simple set of tools and some ingenuity. If they had Teslas instead, they would be SOL as there would be not a single functional car in Cuba by now.