Only IF WE LET THEM! If we try to equate the VW scandle to our situation, we are comparing apples to oranges. VW tried to game the system of environmental constraints and lost, BIG TIME. You gotta play by the rules. That being said, we can shape future legislation regarding our cars by writing and calling our congressmen. They aren't the boogeyman writing the goofy laws but they are the ones permiting those goofy laws to become actual requirements.
Occasionally, it's best to try and understand why anyone would want to do away with our cars in favor of electric cars. Electric appear cleaner and are quieter (I've ridden in Tesla and was impressed). Unfortunately, the economics they now enjoy will soon come to a screeching halt as road taxes are applied to their charging stations. Also remember how that electric power is produced and distributed to that charging station. Coal, fuel oil, natural gas....? What is the efficiency of that conversion all the way to the charging station?
Being an engineer myself, here is our daily quiz question:
If we replace the consumption of 8 million barrels/day of gasoline @ 110,000 BTU/gallon with electric, what is the required electric power production?
I think you will see, the requirement for new power plant construction is challenging to say the least, the biggest hurdle being the greenies who brought you the electric car phenomenon.