EV’s are being encouraged (and soon to be mandated) so that YOUR travel can be restricted .... within that 15-minute city is going to be their ability to shut your power off whenever they want or restrict your ability to charge your EV at their convenience.
Some electric vehicles in Florida are bursting into flames after coming into contact with saltwater.
The saltwater isn’t just from flooding. Live anywhere near the coast and that stuff just eats away at anything and everything it touches. Best examples are vehicles that were purchased and driven in the SW, dry climates, body and frames are in perfect condition after decades of use. Then see what happens with cars and trucks along the coastal areas and in northern parts of the country where they treat the wintery roads with salt. It destroys vehicles.
Eventually that saltwater mist creeps it’s way in and, VOILA, a big ol’ POS on fire.
I live very close to the ocean in Jupiter and the salt air destroys everything it comes in contact with. Galvanized fence posts last about 5 years before they’re rusted through.