I read to produce the materials for 1 electric car battery - 500,000 lbs of material have to be dug from the earth, hauled, processed, shipped.
To extract one ton of virgin lithium from Chile, 1,250 tons of earth must be dug up.
This article details some of the issues with batteries. While seemingly talking in favor of it as well. I see it creating a bigger issue than oil & gas myself.
Not nearly as ECO friendly as they want people to believe.