You'd think that, but realize that the rank and file of the movement aren't aiming to reduce everyones quality of life - They genuinely believe that they can just have everyone owning a Tesla or equivalent just by mandating it and everything will work out. And the elites don't actually have a vested interest in less vehicles, or even much to do with the environment - They have the wealth to be insulated from it, and actively lose from reduced consumerism.
The elites are interested in so far as they can get mass government subsidies for RnD and development while soaking up wokepoints, and the rank and file cannot comprehend that these are objectively worse for the average person in almost every regard.
Remember, The vast majority of environmentalists seem to operate on some weird inability to comprehend multi-level issues. They see a solar panel, don't see it giving off emissions, and conclude its a perfectly clean energy source. They see a nuclear power plant, and see it giving off a few kilograms of highly dangerous but easily controlled waste, and freak the fuck out. They can't fathom the concept of lithium salts or the immense chemical runoffs presented by production of electric vehicles, they just see a Tesla with no exhaust pipe and conclude that is the greenest option. Its consumerist environmentalism, and that lack of understanding means they'll gladly back it all the way to hell.