Every problem that EVs have, there's a solution for. People are actively working on them, and some government are pushing EVs for environmental reasons. Once the problems that they have are solved they will be objectively better than ICE cars.

Also, mobile phones weren't always the objectively best choice. There was a period of time where landlines were the better option because of the lack of infrastructure supporting them. It wasn't until the infrastructure started to expand to cover everywhere that the explosive growth really happened.

And your "physics problems" are also solvable, people are currently putting billions of billions of dollars into battery research. There will come a point where batteries are superior to a tank of fuel for most use cases. I don't want to be the person saying "oh, solid state batteries are right around the corner," because companies have been promising them "next year" for like a decade now. But they almost certainly will eventually be viable commercially, and they only need to be half as good as they promise to really push the viability of EVs for the majority of use cases.

[–] LoveCanada@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

Ironically, speaking of billions, this just came up on my feed a minute ago: https://www.thedrive.com/podcast/they-spent-billions-they-built-the-future-then-it-all-fell-apart

[–] LoveCanada@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

And your “physics problems” are also solvable, people are currently putting billions of billions of dollars into battery research. There will come a point where batteries are superior to a tank of fuel for most use cases.

So, we're equating spending money with finding solutions to a physics problem?Would that money include the billions for the NorthVolt plant that just went belly up in Quebec? Doesnt seem very successful. Im glad you're certain cause the people with the big bucks certainly don't seem to be.

Have you looked at BYD (the BIG Chinese EV maker) lately? It has a Q1 2026 net profit decline of 55% year-on-year. Thats massive. Companies that cant attract investors dont succeed and when Warren Buffet pulls out of your company after 17 years, you know things are bleak.

Just because some companies spend big money does not in any way guarantee anything. "Hope" does not equal success. More accurately the number of EV startups that have failed far outnumbers the very few that appear to be succeeding. For now.