You say in the article the
You say in the article the charging network works well for most people because they charge at home. I plug in my Leaf in my garage. EV owners living in single family homes can charge at home. The major deficiency in the charging network is not limited charging capacity in rural areas it is there are few charging stations in multi family housing, either condo or rental. The IRA legislation includes a large amount of funding to upgrade the charging network on highways and roads. There are tax credits for other charging infrastructure upgrades but whether cities, states and private multi family housing owners will quickly get on the wagon is yet to be seen.
Winter driving? None of my BEV friends here in Wisconsin and Michigan complain about winter driving problems. Most of us travel 20-100 miles per day. The people who go 100 miles a day have models with 220-350 miles so even in winter there’s no problem. My Leaf’s battery degrades from 100-115 in the summer to 80-88 miles on the coldest days. My wife and I drive 20-30 miles per day.
The folks who swear their gas/diesel current cars and trucks are far superior to any BEV available, this may be true for now. The folks who say a comparable BEV is hugely more` expensive than what they have now are right and wrong. The upfront cost today for a BEV is more than a gas/diesel vehicle. Electric vehicles lifetime cost of purchase, fuel and maintenance will be significantly less.
As to the amount of minerals needed for the batteries and how that will deplete the earth, some of the minerals are rare and others are plentiful. Future batteries will reuse recycled materials and other more environmental materials. Electric vehicle use will reduce carbon and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.