Given the man made energy crisis the only end game I see is personal electric vehicles which consume little energy.
In regards to mass transport option for plebs, I don’t see how large electric vehicles are a solution in the short term. The price is expensive and energy is getting more expensive, plebs cannot afford these.
I think we will see an explosion of electric bicycles and electric scooters. I have a 2500w electric scooter (standup type) that I take away on my mountain bike trips. I park in the hotel and rip around town on the scooter. Parking is no issue, I get 50km+ range on roughly $0.20 and it can do 70km/h which feels crazy sketchy 😂
My gut tells me local Car makers in the western world will begin producing these smaller types of vehicles locally. We have already seen motorcycle makers look into electric mountain biking, so perhaps the biggest threat to car manufacturers is motorcycle manufacturers?