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To get to zero carbon emissions we'll need both zero carbon transportation and zero carbon electricity. $100B's are being invested in zero carbon electricity, so your suggestion that EVs are taking away from that are mistaken.

As for nuclear, the US and Europe have been unable to build plants that do not go 3x+ over budget and time.

Even if you get the electricity from burning fossil fuels it is a win because electric cars are a LOT more efficient, and it's more efficient to generate electricity from a single, large generator than by shipping fuel to gas stations and powering many small ICE engines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon_gasoline_equi...

Plus, as a Model 3 owner, it's really great car.

Chickens and eggs?

Perhaps in an ideal world, pushing demand for electrical power is how we would get to investing in clean electricity generation.

The electricity produced in Norway is 95% hydroelectric, so it makes all the sense to push EVs there.