The article cherry picks consumer bad behavior (heave EV SUV) and does not use actual data. Tesla sells more model 3 and Y. A model 3 offers 130mpg rating. It also does not account for commercial use case that account for 30% of gas consumption. Cases like uber driven 50,000 miles a year. Or police or delivery vans. In this use case the time cycle is lower and the emissions saved 5X.
In lab are batteries with 100 year life. Prototypes are in test with 2x energy density.
I agree buying heavy EV SUV is not optimal for climate. But the current success will encourage investments in battery technology and the purchase decisions for commercial EV use will favor efficient light vehicles. In short the article is not based on current data nor does it account for strong trends in major use cases for gas. It also fails to incorporate worse case and base case for battery evolution.