Marjorie Haun, a freelance journalist, writes:
“Electric Vehicles cannot exist without copper, lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, and manganese, all of which can be found in the United States. Copper is the primary metal required for both existing and future electric transportation technologies, and is cheap when compared to other metals with comparable conductive properties such as gold and silver. The good news is that there exist abundant copper reserves in the United States, and the industry itself is informed by and complies with the most rigorous environmental standards in the world.”