I'm surprised the article didn't mention this. Mining material for EV batteries is a very dirty process, and while I'm sure that progress is being made to make

I'm surprised the article didn't mention this. Mining material for EV batteries is a very dirty process, and while I'm sure that progress is being made to make it cleaner, China doesn't seem to care about the pollution from mining. If I remember correctly, access to raw materials was floated as a reason for Elon choosing to put the Gigafactory in Reno due to the fact that mining is quite prevalent in Nevada.