It is typical sleigh of hand. The Greenies don't want internal combustion engines.
Some of them are smart enough electricity is not free.
The net cost of energy conversion is higher than using gas and diesel.
They say wow no high fuel taxes.....well they won't wait too long to see those fuel taxes replaced by others. They use fuel taxes as social adjustment funds, funding everything plus roads. Then there is the high cost of battery replacements.
Can you imagine the drain on the electric grid, if all the French that must use vehicles to commute plug in when they get to work and when they get home?
Lots more electric generation is going to be called for at huge costs.
Those that live in the north of France, in winter are going to be wearing heavy coats, and those in the south won't be using the vehicle's ac.
Those French that live in cities and those who live and work in the little towns won't have too much complaint until the make up cost for lost fuel taxes hit them.
Until scientist can come up with no net loss, in energy conversion, and cheap and safe storage of electrical energy electric vehicles are not an alternative.
If you are prepared for huge extra cost and inconvenience and danger. go for it.
The amount of energy in a 19 gallon tank, in an electrical storage battery, makes for a very big potential bomb, currently.
