Right now, there is just over
Right now, there is just over a million EV's in the US. Charging an EV today compared to when everyone switches over, is like comparing waiting in line for a ride at Disneyland in the 1960's right after it opened, to waiting in line today for Space Mountain or Star Wars Ride. Somehow, when I even have to wait in a small line at a gas station for my 5 minute tank of gas for my ICE vehicle, I cannot help but wonder how long it will take to wait to charge my future (forced-to-buy) EV. And what if I travel to somewhere as cold as Wisconsin or Minneapolis where the daytime temps can get to -2 degrees F and there's 4 or 5 cars in front of me? What about the future environmental impact of manufacturing these lithium ion batteries? What is the environmental footprint of a lithium mine? Recycling at this time is super difficult due to the extreme weight and cost and chemical danger involved. Not to mention, in a perfect world, how many years will it take to manufacture enough EV's for all of us, considering today there are roughly 289 million light duty vehicles in the US as of 2021? At a manufacturing rate of 2 million EV's / year, it would take about 100 years and where will we get all those precious metals for the batteries?