"The push for EVs (at least in Europe and Asia) is that governments are sick of oil being used as geopolitical leverage by the US."
Can you supply some examples that were detrimental to Europe and Asia?
Off the top of my head, the biggest one was Saudi Arabia signing on to Reagan's decision to end the Evil Empire and lowering oil prices and thus Soviet foreign currency income. Just one of many active measures to bankrupt them, after they'd already done a good job of that by over producing missiles due to internal politics and outfitting North Vietnam with three complete armies worth of equipment.
Sinistra delenda est.
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