Where is the dissonance? These people are not in mutually exclusive groups. You can be environmentally conscious to get an EV and yet morally conscious to tell Elmo to fuck off and buy an EV other than Tesla.
And I’m of the opinion that PHEV is more environmentally friendly anyway.
I get my 40 miles electric per day (well charge), and I minimize the amount of sulfuric acid that needs to run through lithium mines since my PHEV has 1/5th the battery of a Tesla.
These Lithium mines are incredibly dirty from an environmental point of view. I hope that Toyota can reach solid state batteries sooner, but for now we need to minimize Li-ion production
Where is the dissonance? These people are not in mutually exclusive groups. You can be environmentally conscious to get an EV and yet morally conscious to tell Elmo to fuck off and buy an EV other than Tesla.
It’s laughable in 2023 to think EV = Tesla.
And I’m of the opinion that PHEV is more environmentally friendly anyway.
I get my 40 miles electric per day (well charge), and I minimize the amount of sulfuric acid that needs to run through lithium mines since my PHEV has 1/5th the battery of a Tesla.
These Lithium mines are incredibly dirty from an environmental point of view. I hope that Toyota can reach solid state batteries sooner, but for now we need to minimize Li-ion production