Don’t get me wrong. I know the vehicle itself will have way lower emissions and than a regular gas or diesel vehicle, but what I’m confused on is that they will have to mine to get the raw materials to make these batteries and then once the battery is done it’s lifespan they will need to find a way to dispose or recycle these batteries. Imagine doing that capacity when the whole world has transitioned to EV.
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Try finding a way to take the much larger mass of the total exhaust produced by an ICE, collect it together, and recycle it. Note that “plants do that” isn’t an answer as we already overwhelmed the ability of all the world’s plants to recycle all the carbon dioxide we produce, about 70 years ago.
At the end of its life, a battery is all in one place, is much less mass, and even if the industrial process for recycling it is hard, it’s not like mining the raw materials was any different. Besides, most of the battery is nickel anyway.
The point is moot however, as the real solution is to roll back the giant project to make America completely dependent on the automobile. People should have options for transportation besides car ownership for a hundred other reasons besides “its bad for the environment”. “Not everyone is rich” should also be a good enough reason.
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