“Electric cars may produce less local pollution than petrol ones but still require enormous quantities of energy and carbon emissions to make and run.

Moreover, car-based urbanism, electric or not, is inherently unsustainable, creating low-density, inefficient & dangerous cities. A grieving parent will find little comfort in learning their child was run over by a Tesla cyber truck…”

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/01/11/congestion-roads-cities-traffic-sustainable-transport-phineas-harper/

"Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"

Instead of desperately trying to reduce road congestion in the short term, politicians should be using traffic as a tool for making urban transport more sustainable, writes Phineas Harper.

Dezeen