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Tracking is not unique to electric cars, just new cars.
Large power stations are more efficient than small engines.
Many electric car owners also have solar panels.
Refining enough fuel to transport an average car 100km uses enough energy to transport an average electric car 50km. That's just refining, not including searching for or collecting the oil, or transporting the fuel to fuel stations.
It's so much electricity that most oil refineries have dedicated coal or gas power stations.
As long as you are only considering cars, electric cars are superior in almost every way, and are constantly getting better.
A diesel bus is still better than an electric car (although an electric bus would be better still). Trains and trams would be ideal, but require more upfront cost, so are easier for lazy or corrupt politicians to oppose.
Good point about tracking being a newer car problem.
Sadly where I live busses are not accessible to me since:
They are infrequent.
They do not have a 'live map' so make me extremely anxious since I don't know where I am nor where to stop the bus.
Where I'm from, in the UK, there's a lot of wind power because it's cheaper and the labour government of 97-2010 invested in it.
So electricity is greenest and cheapest overnight, so my car knows to charge itself starting when the cheap overnight electricity tariff kicks in. I save about 80% over what I used to party for petrol.
I do not miss going to the petrol station one bit.
Yes Nissan have my car's location all the while but otherwise they wouldn't be able to report it to me via the app. And I trust them much more than I trust Google and Google not only knows where I and my phone are all the time, they also know what apps I use for how long and if I accidentally press the button their assistant gets to see a screenshot. Worrying that Nissan know where I parked the car doesn't compare.
Anyway, it's just the most fun to drive car I've ever driven. So much acceleration! So smooth!