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[Cars] Norway on track to be first to go all-electric (www.bbc.com)

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"Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country."

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[–] velxundussa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

As far as I'm aware, the most impact around EV batteries is obtaining lithium and other componenets.

Components that can and are already being recycled from older EV batteries.

I'm curious to learn if there is other things I'm not aware of though!

I dont think making a parallel between ev charging and hydrogen manifacturing is valid though: my understanding is that electrolysis is an option, but that most of the current creation is a byproduct of fossil fuel refinement, like plastics (which explains why petrol campanies push it).

We can probably improve on electrolysis efficiency, but my hunch is that it simply won't happen if petrol company can meet demand. Which I'm sure they will for just a bit cheaper than electrolysis costs to keep controlling the market.

If we can produce green electricity, as long as electrolysis efficiency is not as good as the average battery efficiency whatever efficiency of the hydrogen engine itself doesn't matter: it's still less efficient than a battery because of the extra manufacturing step. And then there's transport and all on top of it.