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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Others have explained why the engine itself is greener, but I want to discuss the long term goals of making the entire lifespan of the engine greener.
As you say, right now we need a lot of energy and produce a lot of emissions for the creation and disposal of engines. But a long term goal is to move completely to renewables for the process.
So you will have things like solar, wind and tidal energy powering the factories, and powering the machines that both create, transport and decommission engines. This reduces emissions. The over all goal is to make every aspect of the process as green as possible.
On a side note, one of the big issues we’ll be hitting is with vehicles that require powerful combustion engines. We’ve had a difficult time creating EV heavy goods and construction vehicles, and are still a long way away when it comes to transport ships and planes.
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