How Electric Cars Became A Battleground In The Culture Wars

05 Aug 2023 | Abstracted from The Guardian

"Politicians, newspapers and TV presenters from the right in particular are drawing battle lines that crudely divide the supposedly eco-conscious wealthy in their electric cars (and trains) from the hard-pressed working-class in their cheap but essential petrols and diesels."

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