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No Paywall: https://archive.is/ZnKxd https://archive.is/ZnKxd This is interesting: >'Toyota also noted that “more than 300 new lithium, cobalt, nickel and gra
by sam345 3y ago
No Paywall: https://archive.is/ZnKxd https://archive.is/ZnKxd
This is interesting:
>'Toyota also noted that “more than 300 new lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite mines are needed to meet the expected battery demand by 2035,” and they could take decades to develop. “The amount of raw materials in one long-range battery electric vehicle could instead be used to make 6 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or 90 hybrid electric vehicles.
And here’s an even more striking statistic: “The overall carbon reduction of those 90 hybrids over their lifetimes is 37 times as much as a single battery electric vehicle.” '
Wow if true. Sounds like the nuke debate. Green Orthodoxy v Science
- bombcar 3y agoI’d say that they’re in it for the money but they’re selling the hybrid Sienna for competitive prices to other non-hybrid minivans.