> These large-battery, long-range vehicles would have to be driven many tens of thousands of miles before they rack up enough mileage and save enough gasoline t

> These large-battery, long-range vehicles would have to be driven many tens of thousands of miles before they rack up enough mileage and save enough gasoline to compensate for the emissions created to produce their batteries. This still seems like a net positive to me? The average lifespan of an ICE car is 200,000 miles. Electric vehicles supposedly last even longer. I'd love for the auto industry to focus on small and cheap PEVs, because I like cars that don't cost a lot of money. But for someone who wants to drop $50k on a truck -- even if the carbon break even point for an F150 Lightning turns out to be some high figure like 100,000 miles, isn't the environmental impact over the lifetime of the vehicle still better than its fossil fuel equivalent?