Buoyant electric car sales are a must if we're to hit our climate targets. But EV sales in the West are down and if governments want them to recover it may have to be at the expense of their own economies.The numbers Any motorway driver will know the feeling: you're cruising along, miles of open road seemingly ahead and then from nowhere, a slowdown.Something similar has hit the electric vehicle market in 2024. After years of soaring sales, growth appears to be stalling. Replacing fossil-fuel-po...