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I'm looking forward to the day EV is practical here, but it's still not here, there are two EV's here in town, both Tesla, but no charging stations within a 120 miles, they can reach the next town north but needs a partial recharge to get home, a full charge is needed to reach the city, same to return, a long time wasted if you're just picking up at he airport or for a short medical appointment. Regenerative braking is only good for inefficient driving! I often drive to the next town south 95 miles and not touch the brake, in the mountains and using cruise control, or to the city 300 miles and only brake at the gas station. I suspect the normal driving distances in Norway is much less and have a battery charging infrastructure in place, their winter is shorter and not as severe as here. For now Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) cars would be ideal. My daughter lives close to the city, drives a Prius and loves it.

Because in 1910 most vehicles were steam or electric powered and the horseless carriage wasn’t economically viable until gasoline (petrol) driven carriages were developed, Petrol was a cheap throw way byproduct! A similar situation as today’s EV’s until they are developed enough to be as practical replacements. I look forward to be able to buy and use an EV, but because of my location, climate and costs they are still prohibitive, my alternate vehicles only needs petrol to start but runs on anything flammable (moonshine etc!) and doesn’t need a battery. Alberta has an abundance of oil, gas and coal, No shortage here. ICE 30%. EV 80% Canada Government is blocking the use of Alberta pipelines! (we are landlocked) You do make a lot of good points three gee.

Carbon emissions aren't the problem. The major problems with ICE are: The UK has depleted its own oil reserves. It can only get more expensive. There's a huge, hidden health problem from NOX emissions. It's extremely inefficient as a method of propulsion (circa 17% efficiency). It's all in the wrong places on earth, so costs more energy to transport. It costs lives in other ways: practically every war in modern times has oil as root cause. Lots of more minor problems too. Think gas street lamps in the age of the electric light bulb - that's where we are currently at! People resisting EVs are of exactly the same mentality as those silly people in the 1910s claiming that the horseless carriage would never catch on.