>EVs are already cheaper and are still getting cheaper

That is true. And they will.

But you seem to be forgetting one tiny detail - you need electricity generation to power EVs, and Europe HATES any construction of power plants, idiots as they are.

Sure there are some cool-looking wind turbines in german seas and few flacks of solar, but that won't power up a continent in winter. Not even close.

Europe is delusional and all they will achieve is crashing their own economy, which, granted, will actually reduce their emissions.

But I somehow doubt people will like it very much. Populists are already having a field day, and the green poverty just barely started biting ...