It's a big old con job. If you frequent Facebook at all you will find that every post that states the truth about rare metal mining, refinement, transport; recycling, carbon impact etc., gets shot down almost immediately
Crazy figures about bio-alternatives are quoted - the 16kgs for 1kg of food energy one is particularly manufactured; its for one type of highly inefficient crop on a certain type of low yield, unsuitable ground.
Electric vehicles will make money - so they are the next great thing