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(Tangential) How did you estimate the effort required in getting people to switch to EVs? Genuinely curious - I’ve been thinking lately about how much of the country seems to be ideologically resistant to any sort of progress.

It’s an interesting problem to me, once you fold in people’s behaviors.

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Let market economics drive the behavior/buying decisions. Sure there are edge cases but for the most part EVs are more convient, comfortable, cleaner. The downsides are long recharge times during road trips and initial upfront costs. Studies show a lot of promise in improving charge speed and cost in the near future.

> Let market economics drive the behavior/buying decisions.

I think this makes sense, generally speaking, but the problem is that this isn't a "market" in the overall sense, only in choosing between vehicles. Gas and oil infrastructure for example has a lot of government involvement, so will charging infrastructure. So you can't really let the market decide here because the competition isn't really there.

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