Buried in the interior paragraphs of every "EV Sales Fall Off Cliff" article you read something like the following (from Money):

"It may appear that the EV revolution is slowing down, but our data doesn’t corroborate that," she says, noting that EV sales have increased 12 quarters in a row. "Automakers are not stalling on EVs, but instead, adjusting to a pace that is more sustainable for efficient growth without over-saturating the market."

I.e., the rate of increase is slowing. Not surprising, because in the USA we have very limited choices, especially for cheap models. And the Osbourne Effect: we've been promised cheaper, better models in the near future.

So if the oil industry and the dealers cry and complain, I'll get out my microfiddle and play a sad tune. If I could find it.

Do fuel cells use expensive, rare earth catalysts? Do they come from slave labor mines in the Congo??

Too late. It takes too long to build nukes. Solar & wind are faster, and cheaper.

I last saw a kernel panic about ten years ago. Been using Linux a little longer than that.

Why don't they just move to places with much lower prices, plus low traffic and crime, and 4 seasons besides?

Not sure; there are people who think like this.

When you make biochar, you get rid of waste wood but you don't turn it all into CO2 like complete combustion. You get the volatiles out of it and can use it and the heat to pyrolize the rest, or use it to generate electricity or whatnot. Then you can use the biochar to sequester the carbon for hundreds of years. It also retains water and fertilizer. So it's a triple win. And Bill Gates didn't think of that first.

Hundreds of years, actually. Look up biochar.

We're talking about consumer exposure, which is not a problem in EVs where they're sealed up. In battery plants, they need to follow rules for exposure. I'm sure the Chinese won't, though.

Not the brown ones, that's racist.

"No, ossifer, I am not under the affluence of incahol."

Much of the time, it's government interference which increases cost. I've had a couple multimillion dollar contracts as a government manager. Some were fixed price R&D. Of course I had to remove most of the risk so that people would actually bid on them.

The way to reduce cost overruns is not to tell them how to do their job, and not change the requirements. Easier said than done, when they are obviously doing it wrong or the requirements change mid-job.

Boeing, I have no pity for. They've screwed us over too many times. They need to reform their management, it's not "good enough for government work" any more.

Then add the 25% tariff to import to the USA. Now compete with Joe Biden's $7500 taxpayer giveaway on the hood of every UAW car.

Build it in SC, USA so Uncle Joe puts $7500 on the hood, and people will forget about those silly Tesla cars.

High risk, high payoff. Nothing wrong with that, the government has the bucks and patience.