It’s hard to know who or what to believe when it comes to the auto industry eventually going all-electric.
Lots of other media outlets, political pundits and EV detractors alike will say that EV sales have completely nose-dives, and the whole attempt at a zero-emission transition was a waste of time. Others say that EV sales are better than ever; a fact backed up with data. A recent study from J.D Power affirms the latter rather than the former—EV sales are definitely up. But interest in, and adoption of, the technology are both slower than expected.
We DO NOT , I REPEAT, WE DO NOT have sufficient Cobalt, Nickel, Lithium and other Rare-earth metals to be mined sustainably or even quantitatively. We NEED Giant Asteroids made of all of these elements and very very soon and very very quickly.
At most, ALL Developed Nations, US/Canada/Europe/Australia/NZ/Japan convert ALL vehicles to electric. We will run out of the necessary rare elements and metals and will need a sustainable way to recycle and reuse them with almost 0% negligible losses or we find those asteroids very very quick and pronto mine them.
Instead we need to sustainably grow and recycle local industries worldwide at a village level. Everyone gets all the technology and processes equally and sustain it locally with net-no-negative impact to the environment and their own lives.
Never going to happen while Ultra-Trans-National-Mega-Death-Corps are in charge of everything.