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Re:Norway to hit 100% electric vehicle sales by early next year by ip26 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @09:10PM (#28780540)
oil's use in the extraction process of all the other metals used in car production.

Maybe I'm being reductive, but isn't this essentially because we haven't electrified mine carts et al yet? Or are you referring to steel smelting?

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Re:Norway to hit 100% electric vehicle sales by early next year by takk309 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @09:42PM (#28780787)
A combination of both really. Also included is the transportation of raw materials to production facilities. To be fair, however, these costs exist for non-electric cars to some degree.
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