Ep 24 - EV Materials Blindness and Efficiency

Zero E-Michigan

In this episode we discuss materials needed for EVs, our collective blindness to those needs, how EV efficiency is related, and how we can respond as consumers and EV drivers.
Links:

• Union of Concerned Scientists - Driving Cleaner - How Electric Cars and Pick-Ups Beat Gasoline on Lifetime Global Warming Emissions - https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/driving-cleaner
• Rocky Mountain Institute - The EV Battery Supply Chain Explained https://rmi.org/the-ev-battery-supply-chain-explained/
• Cleantechnica - Are There Enough Materials To Manufacture All The Electric Vehicles Needed? https://cleantechnica.com/2022/11/19/are-there-enough-materials-to-manufacture-all-the-electric-vehicles-needed/
• Charged EVs - EU study examines shortage of critical metals for EVs https://chargedevs.com/newswire/eu-study-examines-shortage-of-critical-metals-for-evs/
• The Great Simplification - https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/
  Dr. Simon Michaux: “Minerals and Materials Blindness” | The Great Simplification #19- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0pt3ioQuNc
• Electric Vehicles: Arthur Berman, Pedro Prieto, & Simon Michaux | Reality Roundtable #1- https://youtu.be/5stPFdegJpg
• Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet - Tom Murphy: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m
• You don’t need an SUV. You need a (much) cheaper electric cargo bike. Here’s why - https://electrek.co/2022/12/30/you-do-not-need-suv-electric-cargo-bike/
• Aptera solar electric vehicle - https://aptera.us/
• Arcimoto electric 3-wheeled vehicle - https://www.arcimoto.com/

Chapters

1. Intro and Sponsorship (00:00:00)

2. Guest Intro (00:00:40)

3. Topic Intro (00:02:37)

4. Economics and the fallacy of unlimited growth (00:06:48)

5. Does it make sense to drive huge vehicles? (00:09:43)

6. How do you convince people to do with less? (00:16:33)

7. What if the price of energy and materials doubles? (00:20:07)

8. Rightsizing transportation (00:22:27)

9. Materials and energy are becoming more expense (00:27:22)

10. Vehicle efficiency is not rewarded by the market (00:27:27)

11. Jevons Paradox rears its head (00:28:48)

12. What can we do? (00:29:31)

13. Use smaller batteries (00:31:20)

14. Materials recycling (00:33:20)

15. Battery second life (00:35:47)