Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future – or at least zero-emissions vehicles are, and that’s close enough to being the same thing, since hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, the only other option currently available, are not nearly as widely accepted. Even Lamborghini apparently agrees: Earlier this month, the iconic Italian sports-car manufacturer announced that it had taken the order for the last all-gas/internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle it will ever make. Going forward, a gearhead seeking to buy a blisteringly fast Lambo will only have hybrids and electrics as options.

That’s not surprising: Norway is well on the way to the EV future – in 2022, 80% of all new car sales were of electric vehicles, and by 2025, sales of new internal combustion vehicles will be banned there. There will be a similar ban on new-car sales of ICE vehicles by 2035 in both the European Union and Japan – as well as the state of California. The South Korean government has a raft of policies and incentives in place to encourage the EV transition. Meanwhile, China, the largest market for cars, is incentivizing domestic purchases of electric vehicles through tax breaks, registration-fee discounts, and subsidies for charging-station construction. 

In the United States, the Biden administr...

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