If this article is anything to go by, its another nail in the coffin of these so called green things that are anything but.

It turns out that if your electric car is involved in an accident of any kind, its impossible to know the exact condition of the battery and if there is any visible damage, it needs replacing, the added price of which can write off the car?

Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car (msn.com)

This is madness! We have to do everything possible to reduce carbon emissions, how is this helping? An electric car produces 1.25 to 1.5 times more carbon during manufacture, and according to my calculations produces similar carbon when driving (due to electricity used) to a vehicle doing around 80mpg. Just buy a small internal combustion car and drive less!!!