Disclaimer: I am ignoring the environmental implications here.
Arguably they are not from many different POVs.
They are better for car makers, they can market them at any price they like and States all over the globe are subsidizing them, so that people can afford them.
In my Country buying an EV means paying 33% more for the same exact car, but with less autonomy, which is not a great proposition for the majority of the people living here that need a car.
The real solution would be removing cars from the streets as much as we can, which is about 50% of them more or less.
To follow on your analogy: saving car industry by switching to EVs would be like saving horse carriage industry by putting an engine on them in 1920.
Disclaimer: I am ignoring the environmental implications here.
Arguably they are not from many different POVs.
They are better for car makers, they can market them at any price they like and States all over the globe are subsidizing them, so that people can afford them.
In my Country buying an EV means paying 33% more for the same exact car, but with less autonomy, which is not a great proposition for the majority of the people living here that need a car.
The real solution would be removing cars from the streets as much as we can, which is about 50% of them more or less.
To follow on your analogy: saving car industry by switching to EVs would be like saving horse carriage industry by putting an engine on them in 1920.