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

Special report : Inside the Congo cobalt mines that exploit children - YouTube

VIDEO: Workers rescue others trapped inside a collapsed mine in DR Congo - GulfToday

'Cobalt Red' describes the 'horror show' of mining the element in the DRC : Goats and Soda : NPR