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The math comparing petro chemicals to EVs always seems absurdly deficient. I've seen very few studies compare battery creation to finished car compared to crude extraction, shipping, refining and retail costs, plus the cost and resources of creating an engine, lubricating and cooling system and the additional ongoing consumption of those things for the non EV.
It's all well and good to understand the substantial negatives of mining and creating heavy metal batteries primarily in China, but you have to weigh the trade off to crude coming from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and our new found friends the Russkies, and if we want to consider our other primary imported oil, the Canadian tar oil isn't exactly going to win any environmental comparisons either.
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