The current hurdles to putting more electric vehicles on the road
Even PBS ends up destroying the man-made EV model
(Sorry, they run a 30 second ad)
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Fraught with problems:
They estimate that by 2030, half of new vwehicle sales will be electric (but will they?)
Exhaust emissions? Admits coal-fired plants still used to charge the cars
How to store solar and wind generated electric? Not practical now
"Range Anxiety" fear of running out of a charge while on a trip. Massive numbers of charging stations needed, even where there are many now
Suggests that Federally subsidized charging stations are needed to solve the problem, (at taxpayer expense, of course)
Cross-country driving not practical
Battery manufacturing, minerals, mines, pollution
lithium ion technology - complex supply chain issues, expensive, great demand for the required minerals:
Lithium - Argentina, Australia,
Cobalt from the Congo, child labor (10% of all cobalt from small mines using children)
Nickel from Russia
Lithium - mining issues, water intensive
Most batteries come from China, cornered the market. No real American companies producing, not on the horizon.
They didn't get into the battery fires, which is a huge problem!
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