Making EVs requires the mining of rare earth minerals. We dont extract them in the US . Mines are found in nations like Congo .

Our device-driven lives depend more than ever on tragedy in the Democratic Republic of Congo | CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/opinions/siddharth-kara-mining-dr-congo/index.html)

Special report : Inside the Congo cobalt mines that exploit children - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJ8me22NVs)

VIDEO: Workers rescue others trapped inside a collapsed mine in DR Congo - GulfToday (https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2023/03/26/workers-rescue-others-trapped-inside-a-collapsed-mine-in-dr-congo)

'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the element in the DRC : Goats and Soda : NPR (https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara)