I hear you dawgfather & JR77. I agree I do not like governments...

I hear you dawgfather & JR77. I agree I do not like governments pushing the people into EVs (or anything). If you have been keeping up to date with the auto makers, they have stated before the governments heavy handiness, that they were phasing out combustion engine vehicles already. More people in the world want green energy & cleaner environment. This causes businesses to change to people's wants.
Here is an article about one manufacturer reducing the price of one of their evs: https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/2/23152001/chevy-bolt-cheapest-electric-vehicle-america-ev#:~:text=General%20Motors%20has%20announced%20a,electric%20vehicle%20in%20the%20country.&text=Puskar%2C%20Associated%20Press-,General%20Motors%20has%20announced%20a%20%246%2C300%20price%20cut%20to%20its,electric%20vehicle%20in%20the%20country.
Also, here is one about how a pricing war may bring down the price of evs: https://electrek.co/2022/06/01/electric-car-price-war-coming-ford-ceo/#:~:text=Ford%20CEO%20Jim%20Farley%20believes,online%20and%20have%20nonnegotiable%20price.
Now with the news out of Europe: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/eu-lawmakers-to-vote-on-banning-combustion-engine-cars/2022/06/08/af13eab2-e73d-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html brings a new topic. That would mean that starting in 2035, at least 10 million new car sales would be evs. How does GS come up with their call that the lithium boom is dead? NUTS!!!!!