Yes it’s nonsense, as is the whole drive to EVs on the basis that somehow it’s “Good for the Planet”. Worth remembering that this is very much a Europe and China thing. The rest of the world not so much.
I think what would help the planet is to keep the current cars we have for as long as possible and not scrapping them for new ones (via scrapage scheme’s) as the footprint of a new car is huge, we should be sticking with the ones already made. That’s not good for the car maker’s profits though. Less sales and bigger profits is better for them, also.