To produce 8kg of lithium you would need to mine about 100kg of Spodumene. Spodumene is about 6% of the mined ore in the top ten lithium mines meaning you will

To produce 8kg of lithium you would need to mine about 100kg of Spodumene. Spodumene is about 6% of the mined ore in the top ten lithium mines meaning you will need to mine about 1700kg of material. This means that you will need to pump roughly 20x as much oil as raw rock from a lithium mine to run a Honda Fit instead of a Tesla. However, after the lifespan of a vehicle, you will then start recycling. You will get the lithium back, but the oil will need to be pumped again and again. This is only automotive too. This isn't including grid scale power generation.