A good as way as any to get conservatives to drive electric cars

In general, conservatives don't believe in climate change and advocate for fossil fuels. Koch Industries, a big oil producer, fund a variety of efforts to fight policies that promote alternatives to oil and natural gas ("Group tells minorities, ‘We need fossil fuels’," Energy and Engineering News).  Conservatives have come out against tax incentives for electric battery plants in Georgia ("Georgia judge nixes tax break for electric truck firm Rivian," AP), and for wind and solar installations, neglecting to acknowledge tax benefits given to oil production, etc.

Technically, electric cars still use fossil fuels primarily, but this is changing as wind and solar power make up a greater proportion of the energy mix.  

That being said, an electric car is better than an internal combustion engine powered motor vehicle, but it's still a car, and sustainable modes--walking, biking, transit--are still better than an automobility dependent paradigm.

I call it "next generation asphalt nation."

Although long term, switching to electric vehicles does reduce the nation's dependence on oil, and that has a number of domestic and foreign policy benefits ("Oil dependence | The US as a Petro-state and gasoholic | and war").

That being said Elon Musk's pro-conservative trolling on Twitter is turning off liberals and engaging conservatives, so much to the point that they are becoming interested in driving Teslas ("'Tesla is becoming a partisan brand, says survey'," Electrek).

Tesla’s net favorability among self-described Democrats in the U.S. fell to an average of 10.4% this month through Nov. 27, down from an average of 24.8% in October, according to Morning Consult. It rose to 26.5% from 20% among self-described Republicans during the same period.

Maybe he's playing the long con.  How will the Kochs and other pro-fossil fuel interests respond?

And the plus for liberals is that there are an increasingly number of electric cars from other manufacturers, manufactured better and often less expensive ("Tesla Is No Longer Alone in the Electric Vehicle Race," TIME).

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-- "Electric bicycles as a quantum opportunity for transportational cycling: can e bikes be conquest sales versus cars?," 2022
-- "Revisiting the 2016 entry, "Ford Motor Company as a transportation company not a "car" company: bike share and small scale transit"," 2021 (specifically the section "I was wrong about Tesla")