The mining of the precious metals for the batteries for these vehicles, is the number one reason that EV's are DESTRUCTIVE to the environment orders of magnitude beyond simple petrol vehicles.,(reply>), @Brian Me thinks you talk nonsense, what you stated is only true because petrol vehicles are the MAJORITY of vehicles on the road to date, an electric vehicles battery requires metals that petrol vehicles DO NOT NEED, because these metals are only found in specific places on earth, like RAINFORESTS, the environmental destruction WILL outweigh the destruction caused by the hundreds of millions of petrol vehicles, except the electric cars damage will be far worse because, guess what junior? Those batteries that those ridiculous toys need to run, AREN'T RECYCLABLE.,(reply>), So, you had no clue that the oil industry are the largest users of mined minerals on earth then?  They've been mining cobalt for decades, and need it to remove sulphur during the refining process. If you drive a car with an engine, then you are part of the very problem you are complaining about....