Many thanks for this comprehensive article that questions the promise of EVs being the sustainable solution for climate change, as well as exposes the various feedback loops in place (virtuous for those benefiting and vicious for the planet) and their major agents. It is often necessary to step back several times to understand what the true needs are, how they can be met and to understand what links in the chain are only means to an end. People sometimes get lost on these links.
On the upside, there are developments under way such as described in
; this article talks about putting people in the centre using a 40 point programme: