Taxis and Uber are expensive, and you don't always live close to your coworkers. Electric cars are expensive, too.
I'd posit those with white collar jobs and whose incomes are high enough to afford a new electric vehicle would prevent much more pollution by cutting out the car and commute entirely and committing to working remotely.
> It's about consumption in general.
Industrial and commercial emissions overshadow residential emissions by more than a factor of four.
The consumer market is but a fraction of the entire market.
> Do we really need a new iPhone every year? Apple wouldn't produce them if people wouldn't prefer a slightly better phone over sustainable living
Nobody forced Apple into implementing planned obsolescence as part of their business strategy, or into unsustainable manufacturing practices.