Your thoughts Oakes, not just the manufacturing of batteries, but the offshoots of the overall affect of electric cars verses gas. If there is any truth to this at all then hybrids are no better or worse than all gas powered? OK, here is what is going around>>>>> "Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years." https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/may/11/viral-image/producing-electric-cars-battery-does-not-emit-same/