The EV - Is It Going the Way of ESG for Virtue Signaling?

 Everywhere I go, including driving cross-country, folks stop me to ask about my cute two-door Smart Car. You bet, it's the analogue of the Counterculture VW Bug. 





 Among the questions, since the car appears so "odd," is: Is that an EV or hybrid? My answer: Not yet, and hopefully never. I am getting 40 miles to a gallon and so don't count me in with those supposedly destroying planet earth. EV had become a platform for virtue signaling. 

We who don't want to transition to the EV may have hope. The corporate economics of the Smart Car are not panning out. Ford is showcasing that by pulling back on production. Tesla is in a pickle. On the operational side there are problems ranging from tough charging in cold weather to the probability of more accidents than with gas-powered vehicles. About the latter, it accelerates faster and there is only one peddle, making it more difficult to brake quickly enough. In addition, resale value is low.

Timing is almost everything. The timing is right for businesses and individual citizens to get the message to elected officials and regulatory agencies to back off on issuing schedules when the EV will be mandated. 

In my intuitive coaching, during the session this lament about having to switch over to the EV often pops up. It is one more stress point. 

UPDATE:

Here, Axios looks at the EV "whiplash." Is this "idea" going the way of ESG? 

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