The zero carbon alliance is a room full of moonbats. First , If they succeed in actually lowering atmospheric carbon they will starve the entire human race——CO2 being necessary for plants to actually grow.
And battery construction/re-cycling is the dirtiest business on the planet. No way is that part of the regimen going to lower anything related to carbon. I well remember the Exide plant in Huntington Beach closing down mostly because it was just to dirty to hide the residue from the Kalifornicators any more.
Then remember during WW II how the Brits handled the fuel scarcity? They make/use a lot of charcoal so they modified their kilns to capture the carbon monoxide, pressurize it, then used it to run their taxis?
My place is a treefarm. I’ve long said that if the no-carbon geniuses actually lower atmospheric carbon and hurt my trees I will start burning old tires to keep the trees happy. Note that even electric cars will still be wearing out super high carbon rubber tires.
Then remember Bill Lear? He wanted to build a steam powered bus. It was a big step up from Jay Leno’s Stanley Steamer but it would work.
So there are nearly infinite ways to beat the Gummint-money-fueled-subsidized EV crowd and I’ll be working on the problem as need requires. I’ve long been a fan of electric drive lines. They have their place, tho, and it’s not lined up downtown waiting for a charge plug in.
Batteries for electric vehicles have a long way to go. It might make more sense just to give up the free energy machines that have been lying on the shelves for decades instead.