If you want America on board, get the people on board. Tell them why it's a good idea to stop driving their car. I'm not saying this to be snarky, but that's what it's going to take.

I'm the perfect client for an electric car (I can charge at home, and 99% of my trips are less than 100km). I want one even.

I still use my old ICE though, because the price of vehicles went through the roof those last years, which means the money I saved to replace it only gets me 60% of a car.

My point is telling or convincing people is not enough. The desired outcome must be oviously practical and cheaper.

The problem is when the environment is already optimized for car use, when everything is massively spread out. Hard to get people to stop using cars when infra for walking is an afterthought.

I try. But then they point to the inevitable inconvenience of not driving. Chicken and the egg.

As an aside, your username reminds me it’s about time for another rewatch of cowboy bebop

Stop driving their ICE vehicle. Anti car doesn’t fly in America. People want their big spaces, privacy and most don’t want to live in cooped up apartments and spend the majority of their life within walking and public transport distance.

Telling me that will do nothing.

You'll have to convince me!