Electric vehicles = ozone?
Not necessarily. Brush-type motors create ozone through the sparking that takes place. Switches can create sparks, thus creating ozone. But brushless motors are being used in larger and larger numbers and solid-state switching/motor control, thus mostly spark free (and more efficient), is also preferrred. I believe what ozone is created is in a much smaller proportion than that created by ICEs, as well as the other types of pollution they produce.
As for production, it's a given that all manufacturing creates pollution and therefore not, nor ever will be, 100% green. Better to take steps, even if small ones to reduce pollution than to reject out of hand any and all solutions that do not stop it altogether. The e-trikes are a significant move in the right direction and I for one hope they catch on, even with the caveat that it requires more electrical generation. The Phillipines will have to address that issue as well.
