- What you think you can do matters as much as what you can actually do. All in all, when trying to sell a pen, you try to sell the need for a pen. Well, people already got sold idea of ICE cars being an easy fix.
- Yeah, doesn't challenge my point. They are common. When someones says they own normal car, they most probably mean ICE. Inertia at work.
And about 5 - that's why I mentioned that hybrids don't deal with that, and that it actually boosts their sales. People I know balk at the idea of full EV, but are so-so against or for hybrids.
And thanks for propagating healthy discussion place. ^^
All in all what actually stops ICE from going the way of the dodo is mostly how much they're "real" cars in our mind, and subjective preferences. Well, and pricetag. That's also IMO why hybrids are becoming so common today - they bridge the gap.