Leaving aside the pros and cons of converting all road vehicles to electric instead of fossil fuels, why has this decision been taken now…and not twenty years ago or in twenty years? Was there a specific trigger? Are we acting too soon…or too late?
The overriding triggers were probably awareness of Climate Change, and wide enough acceptance that its causes had to be urgently addressed. Vehicle emissions were an early, obvious and (perhaps most importantly) a universal candidate for action.
