Yikes…touched a nerve…but you raise some very good points - on handbrakes, I drive in the Alps at lot in the winter and avoids cars with e-handbrakes. Then, the point you raise over the origins of energy used to charge EVs is indeed a big issue and the consequences of rare earths in batteries, plus poor recycling are also real issues. While this forum by itself is a minority sport, many of us are connected with organisations where influential policy is being made, so I personally really welcome discussion, however heated, but welcome particularly discussions of evidence and research. I agree that many new ‘innovations and leaps forward’ just aren’t, some of them really are steps backwards….
