[tardo99]

You don't think the cost of the car is at least partially a proxy for the amount of energy required to produce the components (primarily the battery)? Some pretty smart people have questioned whether, absent innovations in battery recycling, electric cars are actually green.

[agumonkey]

I don't know much about battery recycling but from the few I've read lithium batteries are above the 90% recycling mark (I've read 99%). Electric cars are far from totally green, but ICE are one order of magnitude more polluting (more parts, more lubricant, more cooling fluid, less lifespan).