People wait for governments to commit themselves to targets, to draw up new policies, new regulations. It’s up to businesses and industries to bring us the green products and services that meet climate goals, and for consumers to want and buy them, particularly when it comes to mobility. Well do they? No, they don’t.

MPG used to be a big thing when the 1st Oil Crisis broke out in the early 70’s. Not any more with people buying gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks nowadays. Does this mean that the higher the gas prices, the more pressure there is to drill for more oil, the cheaper the gasoline, the higher the EV subsidies need to be? Have EV tax credits become a bonus for already burdening the budget?

That’s not a comfortable position for any government to be in, but it makes the U.S. car market particularly tough for further popularizing the EV.