Euroviews. We can't save the world with electric cars

We’ve known for a long time that our GDP addiction and capitalist economic model are incompatible with life on Earth. 

Scientists kept saying that for decades, yet very little happened. A few years ago, the electrification of passenger vehicles had begun its journey, hoping it could reduce CO2 emissions to save the planet. 

Not only does it not help — it worsens the situation, and yet we keep heading towards a disaster.

There are many examples of the emerging problems that come hand in hand with the electrification of cars. 

While producing an electric car, you still end up emitting greenhouse gases into the air. The resources required to build a sustainable and efficient system for electric transportation are way too costly, especially for smaller countries or emerging countries. There is no clear strategic plan on how to finance or maintain it.

The price of an electric car is extremely expensive compared to its predecessors, the internal combustion engines, and the efficiency is nowhere near them if you look at just how many improvements still need to happen to make an electric car run the same as its non-electric counterpart. 

The recharging process is time-consuming, and the battery replacement is too costly and can happen too early compared to the promised overall lifetime of the electric cars. 

The amount of energy that switching all traffic to electric vehicles requires is unimaginably high and can not be produced without further CO2 emissions unless we bring back the likes of Nikola Tesla and their magical deus ex machina inventions. The question is, who would purchase that?

The issue is no joke, because not only it is inefficient and expensive, but it also empowers those countries that have the necessary base materials