Wow you have a lot of myths and misinformation in that post. Over the lifetime of an EV it uses almost an order of magnitude less resources and CO2. Although CO2 isn't a pollutant, it's plant food, they take the carbon and release oxygen.
As far as batteries they are produced very environment friendly. Old batteries are recycled recovering just north of 97% of the materials. You see batteries are basically high grade ore. It's simpler, easier and way less expensive to recycle batteries that to mine, refine and process the raw materials. Tesla batteries last between 500,000 and 2 million miles depending on the chemistry. Once it's capacity goes below 70% they are considered end of life. The battery pack still functions just a a reduced range. If that pack were replaced the old pack would get repurposed for use in a stationary battery pack as size, weight and capacity don't matter. After that or if the pack is damaged they get recycled.
In about 10 years there will little need for mining as there will be enough old batteries to recycle into new ones.
It's alright, you can still hate EVs. 😁 Just stop repeating BS
"almost an order of magnitude less resources"
What a meaningless statement.
order of magnitude: "a class in a system of classification determined by size, each class being a number of times (usually ten) greater or smaller than the one before."
So you are saying EVs use almost 10 times less resources than gas cars over their lifetime. If you believe that then I've got a bridge to sell you.
"it's plant food"
CO2 is a very widely used resource in various industries around the world - modern life WOULD NOT be possible without it.
"As far as batteries they are produced very environment friendly."
No they are not!
The main supplier of the cobalt is the corrupt government of Congo working with Chinese mining firms. Workers are paid slave labor wages. Tens of thousands of child labors have been used. Workers can be beaten and killed and safety rules are ignored. Such mines could not even operate in the West as they would be shut down for safety reasons alone, not to mention they would be sued out if existence by injured parties.
The mining equipment uses large amounts of fossil fuels. Chemicals from the ore refining process are dumped to poison the ground and water. The remaining mine tailings are dumped to pollute the ground and water. All this pollution not only kills locals but people in downstream - these poisons eventually end up in the ocean. Then of course the cobalt needs to be shipped for further refining using fossil and reshipped again to a battery plant using more fossil fuels.
"Old batteries are recycled recovering just north of 97% of the materials. You see batteries are basically high grade ore. It's simpler, easier and way less expensive to recycle batteries that to mine, refine and process the raw materials."
As of May, 2022 most of the batteries recycled had came form Tesla's own R & D and are not consumer batteries.
That does not just happen by magic. The battery packs are made up many small cylinder shaped batteries, very similar to those used in cordless tool battery packs. They all have to disassembled and then sent to refiners, which burns large amounts of fossil fuels.
"Tesla batteries last between 500,000 and 2 million miles depending on the chemistry."
That is all based on estimations and not actual real life field use over the course of actually driving a vehicle for many years. Those miles are based upon the estimated charging cycles of the battery times the number of miles one can drive under ideal conditions for each charge. Improper use of the battery such as running it to a very low point quite often or routinely charging it to 100% will lower the life of the battery. Some early Teslas have already seen battery capacity drop after 50,000 miles.
"If that pack were replaced the old pack would get repurposed for use in a stationary battery pack as size, weight and capacity don't matter."
Does not make any economic sense. Its far more efficient to recycle them into new products using new technology with higher efficiency rather than trying to adapt old outdated technology. Certainly these used battery packs would never go into any consumer products as they would be setting themselves up for various lawsuits.
"In about 10 years there will little need for mining as there will be enough old batteries to recycle into new ones."
That is utter nonsense! The exact opposite is true. Mining for the various resources is going to have to expand multiple times it current capacity, which is going to lead to massive pollution around the world just form the mining and refining process.
They will also have to massively increase mining for resources used in the construction of the electrical grid and for fossil fuels used to power it. The current electrical grid is no where near supporting even a fraction of these new cars.
Makes no sense. The cheapest EV car costs 2 times what I paid for a new gas car, which means I am already out $14,000. I can't even use any of the EVs as they are too small - not enough cargo room. Insurance rates for the cheapest ones would be nearly 8 times my current rates. The closest charging station is 40 miles away. No way am I going to wait at a charging stations versus 4 minutes at a gas station that I can find anywhere. Then of course they will have higher license fees as that is based on their value.
The closest EV maintenance and body chops are 125 miles one way. My 12 volt needs replacing about 6 years as it gets over 100 in the summer and -40 in winter. The last one cost me $120 and I replaced it myself in 20 minutes. The old lead battery is sent to a recycling center. If my battery becomes fully discharged for some reason I can jump start it myself with a portable 2.5 pound jump starter that is small enough to keep in my jacket pocket. A wrecker must be equipped with a super charger for a EV and that is going to cost you big bucks as time is money for a wrecker driver. Most likely you'll need to have your EV towed to some place to have it recharged - and in many cases you need to use a wrecker with a flatbed as conventional towing can damage a EV.
An EV cost more to operate over its lifetime!
When car ends its life it will go to auto yard where the engine is pulled and resold to a engine rebuilder. Parts will be pulled form the car and resold. What remains will go to a scarp yard shedder.
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