These are the reasons why I am not going to purchase an electric vehicle. Others have different factors, with different weights that lead to their own decisions.
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Adverse Environmental Impacts
Virtually everything we do can have adverse environmental effects. So, in this case, an examination of the differences between a conventional vehicle and a hybrid are examined.
The hybrid has a massive Lithium-ion battery pack, that doesn’t exist in a conventional vehicle.
The mining of the lithium, nickel and cobalt for the battery pack harms the planet and consumes massive amounts of energy.
Here is a decent description.
Given the high costs to recycle compared to new production, along w/ the associated environmental pollution from recycling, it is likely that end-of-life batteries will be discarded.
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