1) Governments selecting wining technologies (for the expansion of GDP) is artificial.
2) Battery costs ARE falling..but the chart appears to be non-linear. Elon Musk's claim that battery costs will be halved in two years I disagree with. But when he brings out commercially his semi trailer in 4 months time, complete with 80,000lb, 500 mile range at 65MPH, and recharges (mostly) in 20 minutes, I'll accede the point.
3) the claim of "battery capacity" is supported by "EV range"...that's not equivalence, any more than watching your sundial tells you how many people you need to build your pyramid.
4) Betteries don't really degrade ? … Musk is continually reprogramming his cars to manage battery life. turning off insane launches, reducing fast charge rates..then Forbes use his trends to claim that they don't degrade ????
5) More reliable...unless autilot decapitates you with a semi that it didn't see, or they load a faulty upgrade over the 'net (per the alleged whistleblower...100% of vehicles disabled for any period addes to EFOF)
6) Cheaper until firstly you use up the excess capacity of the grid, and secondly the peak/off peak pricing rational flips, and thirdly the Govts go after their transport sin taxes
7) A huge strawman, created by rolling items 1 through 6 over and over in the snow, and making it into a bigger snowball that holds only as much substance as the first 6 items.
NB...
There's a finite amount of lithium to make all these batteries, and most of the current, industrial and cheap recycling technologies end up LOSING the lithium to slag for concrete.