>This argument is only being made because widespread EV adoption is a new phenomenon and they are still a fraction of the market of ICE cars. No, it's being ma

>This argument is only being made because widespread EV adoption is a new phenomenon and they are still a fraction of the market of ICE cars. No, it's being made because the manufacture of an EV and all of its component parts requires advanced materials and processes from around the globe. >We could flip the tables around. Modern car engines are highly precise machines. If we were just starting to make them, they too would have enormous supply chain problems. Only a couple of companies would realistically be able to produce the components with the required tolerances and lifespan. Pfff. I could make an ICE engine in my shed, if I wanted to. >And yes, EVs _are_ reliable. Orders of magnitude less components and even fewer moving parts. The stats don't support this. Just because a component shouldn't move, doesn't make it reliable. This is, honestly, a silly argument - everyone knows that the most unreliable and costly part of their car these days is the electronics. https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/ev-reliability-varied-as-gasoline-cars-consumer-reports/ https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/ev-reliability-varied-as-... >Oh, and don't get started on battery materials. We too thought that our oil reserves were not able to satisfy the demand of so many cars (not to mention other industries). We found new reserves and some that were not economically feasible became available, as technology (and demand) improved. True - but shows that EVs don't solve the "we're pulling huge amounts of resources out of the earth's crust" problem. Do you have any idea how much money is being made in the mining industry right now? My partner works in the industry. They don't know what to do with all of the money they are making.