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I still don't buy into the EV thing being anymore "eco-friendly" than a traditional ICE powered vehicle. Lots of variables here, but I just like to keep things simple. EVs need massive batteries (currently) which requires a whole lot of heavy, earth moving equipment (ICE powered) to strip mine nature for those rare metals. Then it has to get transported to multiple factories, transported again, put on large container ships (who are some of the world's worst polluters), transported again, unloaded, transported again (all by ICE vehicles), finally delivered and sold to the consumer who then has to plug the thing into the grid, which again is questionable about the environmental impact of this increased need for energy to recharge massive batteries.
Then, at the end of the life cycle of the EV, you got at least one massive battery pack that's now hazardous materiel and that's assuming the battery packs was never changed during its life cycle. Where do all these used batteries go? Oh yeah, transported again, put on a container ship again, transported again to some remote third-world country where it just gets dumped into the environment.
What am I missing?
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