It’s an awkward time for manufacturers. They are pouring billions into brand new factories for EVs and batteries, and on R&D for these. Whi h won’t start really paying off for 5-10 years. So during these period they have big losses on paper. Give it 5 years for that main manufacturing capacity to be online and selling vehicles, and we could see things start to fall significantly.
‘Silent majority’ of ALL people probably don’t care about the environment. It’s likely a higher fraction of early EV adopters who ‘care about the environment’, but still a good chunk who don’t.
None of that actually matters. What matters is what mode of transport is best environmentally, regardless of the specific reasons an individual has for choosing it.
Currently, that hierarchy roughly goes:
Active transport (Foot/biking)
3+ person car pooling EV
Public Transit
3+ person car pooling ICEV
Single-occupancy EV
Single-occupancy ICEV
Depending on specifics of the grid in your area, options 4 & 5 could flip order. And in areas with high utilization of transit, 2 & 3 could flip.
But main point is still that for the same use case, EV > ICEV.
2028 is a long way off