Children...
Give batteries another 10-15 years, then the ROI will look different.
And the discussion about cars isn’t worth it. If individual mobility beyond the bicycle is needed (not everyone lives within cycling distance of their workplace, sometimes cargo transport beyond the capabilities of walking and cycling is necessary, the frail mother needs to be driven to the doctor, etc.) the question of economic viability simply doesn’t arise.
Then it’s binary: mobile? YES/NO
I’ve always said, if YES, you buy a used car, maintain it, drive it until it’s scrap, and then buy another used one. Wasting resources on a new car... uh, having to be used, that’s really unnecessary.
Regarding lithium: there is plenty of it, easily accessible, and it can also be recycled excellently.
At the current pace of technological development, it may be that in 15 years the battery discussion will seem as if from another planet.
( Wasn’t the topic here something else before? )