Mass produced electric vehicles have always been the wet dream of airheads.
The first clue is name ONE positive thing that is manufactured that costs nobody nothing because it is so cheap to operate and lasts so long.
It's a pipe dream,and you don't even get to smoke the pipe.
The auto manufactures have known this from the beginning,but were forced to produce a small number by our illustrious leaders,who mostly know as much about automobiles as they do space shuttles. Maybe even less.
As for the illustrious leaders,they have known all along it wasn't going to work,and that was the big reason they pushed it. Their REAL goal is to have everyone living in cities in "Khrushchev Apartment Blocks" close enough to where they are assigned to work that they can walk,bicycle,or ride the bus to work and back home every day.
There would,of course,be luxury sedans and sports cars produced in VERY limited numbers for our Masters to enjoy driving down the empty highways on their way to their weekend ski resorts,etc,etc,etc.
After all,anyone that thinks the rules that will apply to thee and me will apply to them is a fool that might not even be smart enough for a remote labor camp.