(It’s not just the greenhouse gas emissions from all the combustion engines, BTW. It’s also the greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing the asphalt, the destruction of vegetation to make room for pavement, etc. Electric cars can help treat the symptoms, but cannot cure the disease.)
They do improve it, but it’s a marginal gain, as opposed to the big transformational win for the environment that comes from switching to a different transportation mode.
(It’s not just the greenhouse gas emissions from all the combustion engines, BTW. It’s also the greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing the asphalt, the destruction of vegetation to make room for pavement, etc. Electric cars can help treat the symptoms, but cannot cure the disease.)
Electric cars don’t solve the pollution problem, they relocate it, and they still take up the same amount of space.
They do improve it, but it’s a marginal gain, as opposed to the big transformational win for the environment that comes from switching to a different transportation mode.