> What about truckers? We're just now reaching batteries where local electric trucking makes sense. > How much does it cost to charge the car? Couple of bucks. > How many solar panels would it take to charge these batteries? Irrelevant. Electricity is electricity. Most comes from nuclear, coal, and NG. > How much to put in charging stations? Ranges from free to several multiples of local residential service. For long trip, about half the cost of gas for same distance. Home power is much cheaper, especially since you can benefit from off peak hour rates. > Where are we going to get the minerals from? We have two closed mines here. Right now most comes from China. We have many other places in the US which can be mined. Many other locations outside the US have these minerals. Hostile government and weaponized EPA prevents domestic mining. To China's benefit. Each generation of battery technology successfully reduces dependence on these minerals. Several big pushes in battery technology almost completely moves away from them. > Human rights violations are also a common issue with this. Batteries are here to stay regardless of EV use. EV significantly encourages product and price innovation, working to improve everything faster. Stopping EVs simply means those abuses persist longer and smaller scales.