Most things we manufacture/consume have embedded costs that the user doesn't think about. I don't disagree with anything in the article, but it misses the point.
The EV obsession is driven by one thing: a belief that by burning fossil fuels we are raising global carbon dioxide levels which will so heat up the planet as to drive the human race to extinction. That theory may, or may not, be proven, but until then society is driven to cut CO2 emissions, almost at any cost. Only in that context do EVs make sense.
I bought an EV because it is a very cheap to run performance car. It costs about 15% per mile when compared with the car it replaced, a Mercedes AMG C63.
Whilst it is cheap and quick it also offends me, because it carries a 500kg battery pack at all times, so a part of the energy used to move the vehicle is consumed simply to move the mass of the battery.
I hope that hydrogen fuel cells replace battery EVs, but I'd also be quite happy if hydrogen fueled ICE engines appeared.
Another route is green gasoline, made from carbon dioxide extracted from the air and hydrogen from seawater, but it needs a lot of cheap energy. Fusion reactors, anyone?
