It's very on brand for California to outright ban something the poors use in the name of saving the climate. All while looking the other way at big business like OpenAi
If they really wanted to reduce petroleum using cars they could remove or reduce minimum parking, zoning laws, ban strodes in urban environments, require protected bike lanes ect.
Walkable cities and affordable public transportation is the real answer, but the absurdly rich and authoritarian neolib CA prefers lip service, green washing, and gentrification.
The repairability of EVs is shit. Tesla doesn't sell off the shelf parts for example. There is no Toyota Corolla of EVs or anyone going in that direction, as far as I can see, especially for the west.
There would need to be a battery tech breakthrough, right to repair laws, standardization ect. Lithium batteries are too expensive and they are not getting cheaper.