The oil companies of today are the same as the whalers of old.They thought whale oil couldnt be replaced.
Technologies become redundant as new technologies emerge to take their place.You cant stop progress.It doesnt happen overnight.
Right now the world is in another transition phase.

So if I run out of power I can walk to a charging station and get a can of power to restart my car?
You get some splannin to do Lucy.

LOL.That technology has been around for a few years now.
The new snowmachines wont start when the battery goes dead-all electronics-but we carry a small booster pack for when it happens.

I have not seen a charging station, not one in Wyoming. I do see some electric cars Im guessing they just drive in the city. I can see an electric car being practical in the city as a commuter. Im guessing soon there will be more charging stations and soon more nuclear power plants. Im guessing some day on the interstate you wont charge but change batteries. Its coming all the auto makers are buying in and spending billions on design and marketing same with the batteries. Lots of folks never thought autos would replace horses and save Eisenhower who thought the interstates would ever be put in place. Ike saw the autobahn in Germany and how effective it was and put the pitch out and started the interstate system. Dow Corning has technology to put solar charging in the interstate system expensive yes, but it can be done.

If you think it's free you might be surprised to know the cost of building, operating, maintaining and eventually scraping and replacing the infrastructure needed to turn that free sunshine and wind into usable energy.