If we’re not using the electricity to make petrol, it’ll be available to charge EVs. Arguing that the current state of infrastructure won’t be able to supply future needs is equivalent to arguing that Edwardian chemists would never be able to meet the petroleum needs of 1950’s motorists.
As for EV fires, the data is against you. EVs are around 20 times less likely than ICE cars to burst into flames, and I’ve already posted video of an EV fire being put out in a couple of minutes using a blanket. Different technologies require different techniques but to suggest we wouldn’t be able to cope is just not true. As for carriageway damage from fires, we already see that tarmac has to be relaid after a vehicle fire, so with EVs catching fire much less frequently it would more than offset any additional cost caused by the higher temperatures involved.
