Americans are being gas-lighted and herded into EVs. Not only will they be much more expensive, far more difficult to repair, they will also be another very useful tool of social control
Keep those serfs from traveling too far off their lord’s estate. short range + long recharge time = less travel and almost no long distance travel. But Hey, electricity is free right?
Have they solved the EMP problem, if not Iran, Pakistan or North Korea will shut down all transportation with a nuke at 20 miles up and no computers for half the country.