They need to compete against other techs, against other concepts. Making one tech the single and permanent option in perpetuity is just wrong. Tech has to evolve, not just incrementally improve.
Who’s talking about making BEV the only option in perpetuity?
Claiming we need ICE so BEVs have a tech to compete with, is like arguing in 2000 that we need the horse and cart so ICE has something to compete with.
Which they did. For decades horses shared the road with cars, still do in many areas. Even today they are not totally banned. Henry ford built a better product. He wasnt out there trying to make the old products illegal.
Big difference is the old products didn’t cause serious climate change that threatens the long term survival of our species.
I think we can afford to take a minor hit of competition to avoid that fate. Unless people honestly believe that BEVs will simply stop improving if ICE vehicles aren’t around to provide “competition”.
