The battery of electric cars is approximately 500 kg. To make a car battery, 10 tons of salt is required to be processed for lithium, 15 tons of ore for cobalt, 2 tons of ore for nickel and 12 tons of ore. A total of 200 tonnes of soil is excavated for a single battery. How can anyone in good conscience say this is better for the environment than fossil fuel cars? “

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