While the vehicle is a disappointment, many would argue that it is also not green. At the powertrain conference in Aachen, Germany last year, it was pointed out that EVs, are worse than a fuel efficient gasoline car from birth to death. Consider the excessive strip mining of copper for an EV that uses 5x the amount on an average, then the mining of lithium, which is an extremely dirty brine processes that pollutes the water. Then of course there is the generation of electricity. Finally, there is absolutely no effective recycle plan. Copper mining will also need to increase by another 250% to install the nation's infrastructure.
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