Much is people have an unrealistic view of history, they think only one thing changed or changing one thing wouldn't affect the rest of society. No, things are very inner-connected.
Bikes and skirts don't really work well together, rough often dirt or cobblestone roads and rubberless tires gave early bikes nicknames of 'boneshakers'. No gears and no brakes made early bikes dangerous.

Kind of like the view changing all of society to electric vehicles will be easy. Far from it. charging a car means needing a place to charge it overnight. Fine if you have a garage, but that's a feature of suburbs, not city or rural. On street parking, or large underground parking or apartment living can't manage. And for real travel, you'll need charging stations along the route and eventually mechanics that know how to repair them

"...and eventually mechanics that know how to repair them"

In the Reactor Compartment of SSBN627, there was a spare reactor coolant motor mounted to the bulkhead, so it could be installed without cutting the hull.
It was still there when the sub was scrapped, 37 years later, since none of the other pumps had failed. This was common.

I don't think you realize just how few moving parts an electric drivetrain has, and the arduous task of replacing a motor bearing is already known. They are used by the tens of thousands.

Nota bene - if you do not see the term, "kilowatt-hour" in discussion of electric vehicles, you are reading an incomplete article. Most of the hype against them is simple fearmongering. If you have a house with a clothes dryer, you have more than enough capacity for rapid recharge, and any extension cord will do if you have overnight.

Please note also that there are hastily-built companies selling crap to put in your older car. Be careful.

Robbie should read the original article:

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/08/12/106870661.pdf

It's satirical. Who told him it was a documentary, his readers?