Not to mention the recycle aspect of these EVs is a concern as most recyclers will not take volatile lithium batteries to scrap yards for fear of explosions. So again how is any of this green? Seems more like a way to make something we've taken for granted and accessible to all too expensive and I guess that is one way to reduce use as this is a technique the incompetent governments use a lot. They increase the cost of sugar with a sugar tax to supposedly discourage people wanting regular coke rather than artificial sweetener coke which is even worse for your health as Sweetener contains Aspartame.,(reply>), EV batteries are nearly 100% recyclable, the only reason not many have been recycled yet, is not many have died yet as can last for decades, even when an EV comes to end of life batteries can be reused in power walls etc.. And batteries are 100's of times less explosive than gasoline that explodes and kills 1000's of people every year (cant find any records of anyone ever being killed by an EV battery explosion)