Author Tim Levin is an uninformed idiot. A useful idiot for leftist causes, perhaps, but an uneducated, incurious, uninformed idiot nonetheless.
People like this are incapable of thinking these things through from a SYSTEMS perspective. All they can think about is tailpipe emissions.
When you look at the overall EV system, from mineral requirements, recycling potential, short battery life, toxic waste disposal, rebuilding the entire country's electrical distribution infrastructure, horribly wasteful low energy-density solar and wind power, disposal of old solar and wind generating equipment at 20 years, killing of whales and eagles, hours wasted waiting for recharges, lack of utility-scale energy storage systems...you name it, it is a colossal ecological disaster in the making.
An EV system is probably ten times more destructive to the planet than an ICE engine based system.
“SYSTEMS perspective”. Excellent points there, ProtectOurFreedom!