[nicbou]

But culture is heading the other direction in America. Cars get larger every year. Culture won't get us decent public transportation.

[ben_w]

You’d have to ditch low density housing to make public transport affordable.

But don’t be so hasty to dismiss culture as an opportunity: Musk turned electric cars from a joke into something the rich wanted to show off with.

[nicbou]

And the rest of the planet drives with internal combustion engines. The cars Germans replace with electric ones (or obsoletes due to emissions) are sent to other countries.