Comment Re:How about...no? (Score 0) 209
What this article is about is manufacturers dragging their feet and blocking that progress is because the shift to BEV redistributes who makes money somewhat.
That argument doesn't hold up because what that shift does is take profit out of the hands of dealers, and automakers would like dealers to go away so they can sell directly. They can't do that because of protectionist laws which won't go away until the dealers are too poor to lobby.
The manufacturers are dragging their feet because change costs money. If there is anything nefarious going on (which is hardly a stretch) it is kickbacks from big oil. They are the only major industry that stands to lose vast sums of money if we ditch the ICEV. Engines are made by automakers, if they can stop doing that then they can close a lot of plants where they employ a lot of people that they'd like to stop paying.