The truth the Ant EVer's do not want to hear! The Diesel car is over

“The grid can’t cope / will collapse under EV load” This tends to ignore grid planning, capacity upgrades, demand management, and integration of renewables. The reality is more nuanced. Fact‐checks show this is largely a misconception for many places, especially where planning is underway.


“EVs only become better after very high mileage” Sometimes true, but thresholds are often overhyped, or based on specific bad assumptions. In many places, EVs have already broken even—or will soon—with ICE on emissions, even for moderate mileage, especially when powered by relatively clean electricity.
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Key caveats & “truth is complicated”

It depends a lot on where you are — e.g. how clean is the electrical grid, how good is the charging infrastructure, how far people drive, what climate (batteries lose range in cold weather) etc.

Battery & manufacture improvements matter a lot. As technology improves in battery energy density, recyclability, and lower‐impact mining / sourcing, the environmental costs per kWh of battery fall.

Lifecycle thinking is crucial. You can’t just look at tailpipe emissions; you need “well‑to‑wheel” & “cradle‑to‑grave” analyses (including mining, manufacture, use, end of life). Many anti‑EV claims cherry pick parts of the lifecycle to paint a worse picture.

Behaviour & policy matter: the benefits of EVs are greater when grids are decarbonising, when charging infrastructure is well developed, and when people drive them enough to offset manufacturing emissions.

Conclusion

So: anti‑EV influencers are partially right in that EVs don’t solve all problems, and there are genuine challenges (battery manufacture, resource use, cost, infrastructure). But many of the more alarmist claims are oversimplified or misleading. On balance, the peer‐reviewed / scientific evidence tends to support that EVs are a net positive for reducing emissions and improving local air quality — especially as grids get greener and technology improves.

If you like, I can go through specific anti‑EV claims you've seen (videos or statements) and check how true or false each is, so you can decide what to believe case by case. Do you want me to do that?