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> None of these technologies consume copper or nickel, so the "next generation" can recycle the last generation.
No, you misunderstand. The study concluded there isn't enough copper to replace every current ICE vehicle with an EV. Also, what about all the other devices and buildings that need copper? There isn't a mature, established pipeline for properly recycling batteries and all the materials in EVs, mostly because it's still cheaper to mine virgin materials than to reclaim them.
> They only last around 10 years anyway.
Try closer to seven, which is the limit of any EV battery out there. In any case, EV buyers aren't changing their behaviors and keeping their EVs the decade they should for it's production to be carbon-neutral. They're still living the same entitled lives and buying new cars every three years like they always have and, in turn, contributing to wasted energy and resources to keep their entitled asses driving the "latest and greatest."
But you're right that EV's have no resale value, as the people who want EVs only want to be seen in new cars, and the people shopping for used cars don't want luxury car repair bills that come with EVs. Many car dealers and wholesalers are now also refusing to take them on trade, which is why Tesla has now finally started to do just that as many of their repeat customers have been unable to dump their old Tesla on anyone else.
EV's a huge fucking joke and I can't wait to laugh when it's all over.
No, you misunderstand. The study concluded there isn't enough copper to replace every current ICE vehicle with an EV. Also, what about all the other devices and buildings that need copper? There isn't a mature, established pipeline for properly recycling batteries and all the materials in EVs, mostly because it's still cheaper to mine virgin materials than to reclaim them.
> They only last around 10 years anyway.
Try closer to seven, which is the limit of any EV battery out there. In any case, EV buyers aren't changing their behaviors and keeping their EVs the decade they should for it's production to be carbon-neutral. They're still living the same entitled lives and buying new cars every three years like they always have and, in turn, contributing to wasted energy and resources to keep their entitled asses driving the "latest and greatest."
But you're right that EV's have no resale value, as the people who want EVs only want to be seen in new cars, and the people shopping for used cars don't want luxury car repair bills that come with EVs. Many car dealers and wholesalers are now also refusing to take them on trade, which is why Tesla has now finally started to do just that as many of their repeat customers have been unable to dump their old Tesla on anyone else.
EV's a huge fucking joke and I can't wait to laugh when it's all over.