re: 100% of Volvo fleet will have some form of electric motor by 2019

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electric vehicles taking over the market is not feasible.

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It goes beyond that, look at the countries that mine for the minerals used to make the batteries. Brazil, Chile, China, Zimbabwe, Argentina, etc... don't give a frick about pollutants. The effects of those companies ramping up mining explorations to make the minerals abundant enough for moves like this completely offset the move from fossil fuel. Doesn't an EV already take 5 years or more to break even compared to it's fossil fuel brethren because of the much higher amount of green house gases needed just during production of the electrical systems? Ramp up the quantity and I'm sure the countries listed above will make sure that quality is maintained and we don't see an even higher rate of greenhouse gases produced during mining.