Electric cars: strengths
Electric cars have high efficiency, fewer moving parts, and lower maintenance costs. In urban driving, they are truly convenient: quiet, quick acceleration, and zero emissions. For short daily trips, they're a viable solution.

But there are limitations
The key issue is batteries. They are expensive, heavy, and lose capacity over time. Replacing a battery often costs half the price of a car. In winter, range drops, and charging time is still incomparable to filling up with gasoline. Infrastructure is far from universal, especially outside major cities.

The internal combustion engine: why it's not going away
The internal combustion engine is a proven technology. Fast refueling, extensive infrastructure, stable operation in cold weather and over long distances. This is why trucks, agriculture, special equipment, and aviation continue to rely on fuel rather than batteries.

Furthermore, the production of electric vehicles and batteries requires rare earth metals and enormous energy consumption. This reduces the environmental impact, especially if the electricity is generated from coal or gas.

What's happening in practice
Automakers aren't abandoning internal combustion engines - they're improving them: hybrids, more efficient motors, synthetic fuels. Even in countries with an aggressive "green" agenda, the deadline for completely phasing out internal combustion engines is constantly being pushed back.

Conclusion
Electric vehicles won't completely replace the internal combustion engine. They will find their niche - in cities and on short routes. Internal combustion engines will remain where range, refueling speed, load, and grid independence are important.

This isn't about the triumph of a single technology, but rather the fact that there is no universal solution. And the real market has already demonstrated this.