A few years ago, electric pickup trucks seemed to have huge environmental potential. After all, by slinging a huge battery pack underneath a half-ton truck, we’d be taking some of the thirstiest vehicles on the road and turning them into ones that don’t have any tailpipe emissions at all.

Honda Motor said on Tuesday that it was scaling back its investment in electric vehicles given slowing demand and would be focusing on hybrids, now far more in favour, with a slew of revamped models.

For the past 20 years, those who use cars for transportation have begun to consider another option for their everyday lives: the electric vehicle. Switching from a traditional vehicle to an EV could solve quite a slate of problems.