There is a weird narrative in some quarters that wind and solar are pure good, while electric vehicles are a necessary (or even unnecessary) evil. This is wrong for many reasons. Yes, we should invest more in public transit and cycle more. We should also be more energy efficient.
But all replacements to fossil fuels will have impacts. Covering 14% of all the US land area with wind and solar farms is potentially doable – but it still has a big impact. EVs are heavier and thus potentially more deadly than ICEs, and batteries are GHG intensive to make. 
This does not mean they are not worth doing. We can build much more renewables (and clean firm generation), invest in public transit, replace ICEs and EVs, etc. But if we pretend it will be small and beautiful rather than big and messy we are setting ourselves up for failure.
We can also find ways to help mitigate the negative impacts of clean energy technologies: prioritize making EVs lighter; create autonomous vehicle fleets to reduce the number needed; have a mix of clean firm and variable renewable generation to reduce overbuilding, etc.
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