Mainly lithium and cobalt. There isn’t enough of either to replace all cars. Even if there was, there isn’t charging infrastructure. Even if there was, election cars only solve one of the many problems with cars. Car based society isn’t actually sustainable because you need high density to make cities economically viable and cars make density impossible. Cars create tremendous wear and tear on roads, which are extremely expensive to fix. Bikes and trains don’t have the same problems.
Cars have always been a bad idea. Electric cars are just a scam to keep petroleum cars on the road for a bit longer so we can avoid real solutions like good mass transit and bike infrastructure. Rich people like Musk hate the idea of being on a train with the poors so they sell fake solutions to shut down mass transit.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/electric-vehicles-lithium-cobalt-sustainable/
Mainly lithium and cobalt. There isn’t enough of either to replace all cars. Even if there was, there isn’t charging infrastructure. Even if there was, election cars only solve one of the many problems with cars. Car based society isn’t actually sustainable because you need high density to make cities economically viable and cars make density impossible. Cars create tremendous wear and tear on roads, which are extremely expensive to fix. Bikes and trains don’t have the same problems.
Cars have always been a bad idea. Electric cars are just a scam to keep petroleum cars on the road for a bit longer so we can avoid real solutions like good mass transit and bike infrastructure. Rich people like Musk hate the idea of being on a train with the poors so they sell fake solutions to shut down mass transit.
https://jalopnik.com/did-musk-propose-hyperloop-to-stop-california-high-spee-1849402460
For the same cobalt and lithium as one car you can make dozens of bikes that don’t need any new infrastructure.
Cory Doctorow lays this all out pretty solidly in this interview:
https://thewaroncars.org/2022/01/26/the-end-of-uber-with-cory-doctorow/