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How PHEVs and EVs Will Sabotage America's Drive for Energy Independence

Not making 1 volt will not allow 10 priuses to be built. Lithium ion batteries are NOT a scarce resource. OIL is a scarce resource. Lithium mines are few as of now but lithium is the third most abundant element in the universe. It's also much more abundant in the crust of the earth than oil is and can be recycled unlike oil. (~20ppm vs 100ppt)

Li-ion Batteries: A Speculative Field of Dreams

You are such a partisan with an ax to grind it's ridiculous. Look, nimh and especially lead acid don't have the necessary specific energy to do the job in a full electric automobile. AKA: they're too heavy. That's all there is to it. Lithium ion lifetime is inadequate right now but lithium iron phosphate will bring sufficient duty cycle to do the job of powering an electric car. It's not complicated people. Do your research.