Apocaloptimism. Try to imagine a desirable future in 2114 (100 years) that you would want to live in. Because we need some more hopeful narratives to counter all the dystopianism.
https://medium.com/message/a-desirable-future-haiku-ff01d63c93c6
"Population 4 billion; 85% urban. Climate change adapted" Getting from here to there would be, ahem, interesting.
Quite a lot of Californians in there hoping for a future that's all "graphite and glitter" in some http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gernsback_Continuum
Of course the 100 year future will be messier than that and more like today than like Startrek. But what about the 1000 and 10,000 year futures? ;) Try and imagine an Earth economy in 10,000 years that can support 5B people. 100% recycling but no Helium. And of course the 10 year future in 2024 that you would want to live in.
Even if large scale production of a wide range of electric vehicles has not pushed internal combustion off the shelf, smaller operations ranging in size from hobbyists to warehouse sized plants will be putting large numbers of all electric vehicles in every community. This will be a reflection of mainstream acceptance that we have to change our attitudes on everything from energy production and use to population levels.