An EV battery weighs 1,000 pounds. Providing the refined minerals needed to fabricate this battery requires the mining, moving, & processing of >500,000 pounds of materials. That’s 20x > 25,000 pounds of petroleum that an internal combustion engine uses over the life of a car.

An EV battery weighs 1,000 pounds. Providing the refined minerals needed to fabricate this battery requires the mining, moving, & processing of >500,000 pounds of materials. That’s 20x > 25,000 pounds of petroleum that an internal combustion engine uses over the life of a car. pic.twitter.com/LFlYo4etND

— Alexander Stahel 🇺🇦 (@BurggrabenH) April 3, 2022