Within climate–energy–transport scholarship and professions there is a growing consensus that electric vehicles (EVs), which include personal cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), vans, and pickup trucks, are essential for decarbonizing mobility. This article urges caution and pause before an EV lock-in and calls on geographers and other scholars, professionals, and sustainability advocates to consider the multiscale environmental and social problems associated with EVs. The article begins by reviewing the mainstream assumptions about mass EV uptake, with particular emphasis on projections forecasting more, not fewer, cars in the future. Using a mobility justice framework, I ask who is making these assumptions and why and discuss the influence of liberal economic theory on future projections of EVs. I next consider assumptions about the environmental efficacy and decarbonization potential of mass EV uptake and review how EV production and consumption might escalate rather than reduce global resource and energy demand. I also scale down to cities and describe how EVs will lay claim to many of the same spaces designated for green mobility, such as cycle tracks, bus lanes, and compact, walkable spaces. The conclusion proposes research questions to consider with regard to EVs, future transportation, future geographies, and future carbon emissions.

在气候，能源，交通运输的奖学金和专业中，越来越多的共识是，电动汽车（EV），包括私人汽车，运动型多用途车（SUV），厢式货车和皮卡车，对于降低交通中的碳排放量至关重要。本文敦促在锁定电动汽车之前谨慎行事，并呼吁地理学家和其他学者，专业人士以及可持续发展倡导者考虑与电动汽车相关的多尺度环境和社会问题。本文首先回顾了有关大众电动汽车普及率的主流假设，并特别强调了对未来更多而不是更少的汽车进行预测的预测。我使用流动性司法框架，询问谁在做出这些假设以及为何做出这些假设，并讨论自由经济理论对电动汽车未来预测的影响。接下来，我将考虑有关电动汽车大量使用的环境功效和脱碳潜力的假设，并回顾电动汽车的生产和消费如何升级而不是减少全球资源和能源需求。我还按比例缩小了城市规模，并描述了电动汽车如何在许多指定用于绿色出行的相同空间中占据优势，例如自行车道，公交专用道以及紧凑，可步行的空间。该结论提出了有关电动汽车，未来运输，未来地理和未来碳排放的研究问题。例如自行车道，公交专用道以及紧凑的步行空间。该结论提出了有关电动汽车，未来运输，未来地理和未来碳排放的研究问题。例如自行车道，公交专用道以及紧凑的步行空间。该结论提出了有关电动汽车，未来运输，未来地理和未来碳排放的研究问题。