The goal is to demonize gas-powered vehicles and shame people for using them. Eventually, the governments will force folks into electric vehicles by driving gas prices to sky high levels. The current administration is pushing through a bill in Congress for climate change. More or less, $550 billion will go to tax incentives for businesses to cut their carbon footprint and a large subsidy ($12k) for Americans to purchase electric cars.

I don’t envision environmentalists burning your cars anytime soon. But, your prediction of a dystopian future is probably not that far off.
When gas jumps to $10-$15 a gallon, it might be time to start producing alcohol in your backyard.

If China/CCP floods the United States with cheap electric cars (like they’re doing with solar panels), that will probably be the game changer.