Most electricity used to recharge EVs is generated using fossil fuels (coal or natural gas).

The manufacture of EV batteries requires multiple extremely rare elements, such as lithium. These elements are generally only able to be obtained by strip mining, which destroys massive areas of the environment, in some cases even entire ecosystems. And what do you think the huge trucks and earth-moving equipment for these strip mines run on? Electricity? Of course not, they all run on fossil fuels.

When you combine the amount of fossil fuels that are used in creating and repeatedly charging the batteries for an EV, the total is more fossil fuel usage than the average gasoline engine will burn in its entire lifetime.

No power grid on the planet can handle the strain of even a moderate portion of citizens charging EVs at the same time, let alone EVERYONE. There isn't a power grid on the planet that wouldn't melt down if even a third of the citizens tried charging their EVs at the same time. This is exactly what the DS wants, as they would use it as an excuse to raise electricity rates through the roof and pass laws limiting the number of charges you can have per month in order to force you onto public transportation which they can shut down or put restrictions on any time they want to limit peoples' movement.

The cost for a replacement EV battery can run anywhere from $10,000 to $35,000 depending on the make and model of your EV. That is assuming that you can even find a replacement battery as the design and technology is changing so fast that EV batteries are not interchangeable, and often there will be no replacement batteries available for an EV that is a few years old. You will then have a $60,000+ paperweight in your driveway and will have to go and buy a new vehicle, or declare bankruptcy and ride public transportation instead.

EVs are much less efficient in cold climates as the batteries cannot hold a full charge in cold temperatures. The colder the temperature, the less charge the battery can hold, and the more often it will need to be recharged. And since the vehicle's heater runs off the battery, the battery will drain much faster in cold weather and your driving range will be dramatically less. And what will you do if you get stuck in a traffic jam in cold weather and your heater drains the entire battery? How will you get your battery recharged, or avoid freezing to death in a dead car with no heater?

EVs are one of the worst ideas mankind has ever come up with. Which is exactly the point, because they will be used as the first step to pushing us all onto public transportation and making personal vehicle ownership illegal so that our movement can be restricted or even completely eliminated. No need to put chains on a slave if they have no way to travel on their own without the government's help and permission.

Most electricity used to recharge EVs is generated using fossil fuels (coal or natural gas).

The manufacture of EV batteries requires multiple extremely rare elements, such as lithium. These elements are generally only able to be obtained by strip mining, which destroys massive areas of the environment, in some cases even entire ecosystems. And what do you think the huge trucks and earth-moving equipment for these strip mines run on? Electricity? Of course not, they all run on fossil fuels.

When you combine the amount of fossil fuels that are used in creating and repeatedly charging the batteries for an EV, the total is more fossil fuel usage than the average gasoline engine will burn in its entire lifetime.

No power grid on the planet can handle the strain of even a moderate portion of citizens charging EVs at the same time, let alone EVERYONE. There isn't a power grid on the planet that wouldn't melt down if even a third of the citizens tried charging their EVs at the same time. This is exactly what the DS wants, as they would use it as an excuse to raise electricity rates through the roof and pass laws limiting the number of charges you can have per month in order to force you onto public transportation which they can shut down or put restrictions on any time they want to limit peoples' movement.

The cost for a replacement EV battery can run anywhere from $10,000 to $35,000 depending on the make and model of your EV. That is assuming that you can even find a replacement battery as the design and technology is changing so fast that EV batteries are not interchangeable, and often there will be no replacement batteries available for an EV that is a few years old. You will then have a $60,000+ paperweight in your driveway and will have to go and buy a new vehicle, or declare bankruptcy and ride public transportation instead.

EVs are much less efficient in cold climates as the batteries cannot hold a full charge in cold temperatures. The colder the temperature, the less charge the battery can hold, and the more often it will need to be recharged. And since the vehicle's heater runs off the battery, the battery will drain much faster in cold weather and your driving range will be dramatically less. And what will you do if you get stuck in a traffic jam in cold weather and your heater drains the entire battery? How will you get your battery recharged, or avoid freezing to death in a dead car with no heater?

EVs are one of the worst ideas mankind has ever come up with. Which is exactly the point, because they will be used as the first step to pushing us all onto public transportation and making personal vehicle ownership illegal so that our movement can be restricted or even completely eliminated. No need to put chains on a slave if they have no way to travel on their own.