Eco extremists attack an electric car

The anecdote might make you smile if it wasn’t the symbol of an increasing intolerance within the noblest causes.

The ecological awareness of recent years has helped accelerate the transition to cleaner and more virtuous electric mobility. 100% electric will never mean 100% eco-friendly, that’s a given. But 100% electric means 100% emissions-free travel, 100% without fine particles, 100% without carcinogenic additives,… So 100% better than the worst.

But unfortunately, the best will never be good enough for the most stubborn. For example, the recent sabotage of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin which shut down the factory for a week. The brave environmentalists who set fire to a power pole near the factory did succeed in their goal, but did they think about the thousands of families who depend on the jobs provided by Tesla? No, protest does not come without collateral victims. Without the movement initiated by Tesla, we would probably still be in the era of rampant Diesel, but that would be too long to explain when no one listens to you.

No pollution, no culture, no electric, no movement

Once again, we have witnessed a sad spectacle, which was not exactly on the official program of the New York Motor Show, when a group of climate protesters poured oil over an electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup. This stunt is once again credited to Extinction Rebellion. Their manifesto? “Our love for cars is killing us, it is killing the earth. Electric vehicles won’t save us… there are no cars on a dead planet. We need to change… there is another way.” And we are still waiting for this alternative path.

Earlier in the week, the same group interrupted a Broadway play titled “An Enemy of the People” to protest against the negative environmental impact caused by the extraction of raw materials used in building electric vehicles. So let’s stop entertaining ourselves and learning just to save the planet. A bit sad, isn’t it?

Just a thought, just throwing it out there. What if we tried to make automobiles cleaner at all stages of their life, from production to recycling? What if we promoted soft mobility when driving is not absolutely necessary? What if we walked more, which is good for health and wallets? All while casually glancing, now and then, with lighthearted amusement at Hypercars or Sports cars. That’s how we see the future of mobility at Mobiwisy, but perhaps we are too gentle…