The Environmental Downside of Electric Vehicles - Foundation for Economic Education

The Environmental Downside of Electric Vehicles - Foundation for Economic Education  link

• An electric vehicle requires six times the mineral inputs of a comparable internal combustion engine vehicle, according to the International Energy Agency.
  
• ...EV batteries are very heavy and are made with some exotic, expensive, toxic, and flammable materials.
• ...Ninety percent of the ICE lead-acid batteries are recycled while only five percent of the EV lithium-ion batteries are...Read all.