Also Italy and Poland supported Germany on this. I suspect that the real motivation is that the automotive industry in these countries creates loads of jobs both directly and indirectly. Electric cars being simpler and needing less maintenance will kill positions in the 10s of thousands.
Not just that. For huge part of Polish population new EVs will be unaffordable. ICEs got more expensive in the recent year, but that still much lesser than EVs.
Nothing electric is ever simpler and requires less maintenance than the mechanic version. Idk where you get that from.
I made the mistake to buy an electric oven, super modern type.
The number of times it displayed an "E" for error in the display, I stopped counting.
Any electric component will not only last less longer but also be more error prone and will need to be repaired more often.
Electrical car are documented almost everywhere with lower maintenance cost than gas prices, mostly because there are fewer moving parts and fluids. You can hardly compare anecdotical issue related to electric oven with macro statistics on gas and electric cars.
