Not just that, but the battery production factories are toxic - Quebec has a huge problem with its facility.
“”I’m wondering where all of the batteries in these electric cars are going to go...”
Not just that, but the battery production factories are toxic - Quebec has a huge problem with its facility.”
I just read recently that the amount of CO2 that is emitted in the manufacture of batteries for Teslas and Nissan Leafs, equates to about eight years of operating these vehicles if they were powered by IC engines. And that’s only the emissions created at the time of manufacture of the batteries themselves. Today, absent an abundant nuclear power generation source, electric cars are a net loss insofar as hydrocarbon emissions are concerned because the electricity they consume comes largely from fossil fueled power plants, coupled with the transmission losses that occur to get the power to the plug to charge them. My son has a Leaf he uses for commuting. He must “plan” his trips so he can get to a place to charge the little bastard when it needs it.