Cybertruck supersized charging space...

Sjm9911 wrote:

Reisender wrote:

wanderingaimlessly wrote:
Reis, this is by no means all inclusive, and the main US sources were shut down in the last 10-20 years, but it does cover some of the users and how they would pertain.
rare earth
And our production has fallen to near nothing.

That is an interesting and comprehensive article. Me thinks investors will be investing in companies that can recycle some of this stuff from old electronics.

I’m one of those evil EV drivers. I can tell you right now. As more people test drive these things it will get harder and harder to turn off the transition to EV’s. For many people driving needs they do pretty much everything better than an ICE. If the oil companies don’t find a way to shut down growth real quick there will be no turning off the tap. They’ll have to find another way to come up with the rare earth minerals, or use something else. :). Going to be an interesting decade.

Like hydrogen? Lol. Its hard to say that the car is selling itself through enginuity when most state's are mandating ICE cars and trucks be discontinued in the near future. My fear is that this may lead to other consequences that are unseen, like what to do with all the batteries when they are used up. I can easily see this turning into a bigger environmental hazzard then the ICE vehicals. Im all for green stuff if it works and turns out to atually be green. So far for me , the jury is out on this one. And it has nothing to do with where the volts come from.

Well, presently hydrogen is outrageously priced compared to electricity. Plus you can’t refill at home. People kinda like not going to gas stations or hydrogen stations. Toyota sells a few thousand a year but not much sales growth. Time will tell.

Batteries are already being recycled although the technology is still developing. Right now used batteries are worth a ton on EBay. Tesla is adding recycling facilities to their Shanghai facility next year and German factory the following year.