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Yes.
The question isn't whether or not EVs will be the future - they will.
The question is who will lead the market in them, and the Republicans are effectively working to ensure that it will not be the US - it'll be China.
It's never been the US imo. Tesla was one of the first to make an EV that didn't look like a child's imagining of a futuristic car (read: incredibly stupid looking). All anyone needed to do was make a regular ass car with an electric motor and a decent chunk of people would be interested. Ford and Chevy and all the rest either categorically refused to make them or made them look so ridiculous that no one wanted to be seen in them.
A normal body style and a decent marketing team is pretty much all Tesla had going for them but it was enough to put them in the running for dominating the auto industry. They may have been able to pull it off if Nazi Musk could have kept his ego in check. Now Tesla is tanking and all the rest are so far behind they're getting lapped by manufacturers from just about every other nation with a sizable auto industry.
For marketing... sure, because people are stupid and follow norms. ICE vechiles are built the way they are because they have to house the powerplant and keep it cool and have ample room for maintenance. EVs are free to be any shape they want, thus they should be made extremely aerodynamic for maximum efficiency. But then they'll look "futuristic".