[corndoge]

There is no getting rid of cars for the foreseeable future, making them electric is the obvious next step for reducing their environmental impact

[amag]

Unfortunately at the cost of a lot of human suffering in countries where coltan[1] is mined.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltan

[bambax]

If we can't get rid of cars I'm really not sure there is a future.

[r00fus]

Seems a bit hyperbolic. Even if mass transit was ascendant/dominant, you'd still have "last mile" issues where only a car would suffice.

Wishing for cars to go away is as pie-in-the-sky as wishing POTS or Email would disappear. Simply not going to happen - it's too ubiquitous.