Gasoline vehicles could run more efficient and much cleaner but, nobody is interested in that because it eats corporate profits. EV’s have a hidden political agenda that nobody is talking about, it will cause yet more wars and intentional geopolitical destabilization as lithium becomes the new oil to take from other nations by force or corruption. Did we learn nothing from oil politics since it started somewhere around the mid late 1800’s ?
How many wars, genocides and international robberies, does it take ?

I’m not so sure that just plain old safe water will be the EV emission due to it going through a transformation in a chemical reaction.
The pollution of mining, refining, manufacturing of parts, vehicles and logistics will have a huge impact on the environment so that changes nothing for the environment. You would need a huge increase in power production to fuel the EV’s = even more pollution, including radioactive waste and ionization pollution etc.

How will these vehicles preform in cold climates given that cold temperatures kill batteries very efficiently ?
Hot environments that easily overheat electronics ?

Granted, it is a very tricky problem. The corporates thrive on monopolizing energy and fuel to the point of forcing undemocratic bills through governments. They will always stand in the way of actual progress if there is easy money to be exploited from the public, no matter what the cost. The war machine is laughing like a mad hatter all the way to the bank too. Stiff competition for actual progress.

More public transport is a better solution, reduce the need for one person per vehicle going to the same destination wherever possible. That will greatly reduce unnecessary congestion and pollution etc. Working from home wherever possible would also have a huge positive impact for a cleaner environment (corporates won’t like the dent in their fuel profits or vehicles sales tax free bank accounts that way).

American vehicles in particular have horrendous emissions and mpg (mile per gallon) because everybody is sold a wasteful inefficient fuel burning V type engine rather than say a 1.5 or 2 litre inline type. (Even a simple 125cc engine motorbike is fast enough to get you a speeding ticket globally, Germany not included.)

Europeans pay much more for fuel per gallon (US gallon = 3.75 Ltr, EU gallon = 4.5 Ltr, almost 1 litre difference per gallon!) but the EU get way more mpg than US vehicles. Puzzlingly, European cars are heavier due to metal side-door impact bars etc. (that American vehicles don’t have !) so, EU vehicles should have a worse mpg than US vehicles by weight. I’m not sure who is getting the worse deal there but it is probably America (fake low gas prices in a V type gas guzzler). It’s a scam either way.
You won’t smell raw fuel from European cars due to legal emission regulations, nor will you see vehicles spewing out black smoke from the tail pipe without being stopped by law enforcement patrols. I saw many a horror in the Midwest. The crops in the field must be well marinated in that toxic pitch black oily soot.

Electric won’t end the pollution problem, it will just change it’s flavor. The electric companies and mining corporations will stand to profit, as will their war machine thugs to help take the resources needed.

Will we ever wake up and learn to be civilised adults ?