Lithium isnt the future for cars. There will be more electric vehicles around over the coming years, but they arent going to replace IC engines en masse. If you just consider this little example: when considered on a global scale (not australian because we live gnerally in detached houses) most electric vehicles are owned by people who live within a 30 minute commute of their work place in an apartment building. Most apartment buildings cables are not sized to take on the extra load of all the charger stations that the proliferation of electric vehicles will demand. Not only would the cables for the apartment buildings have to be dug up and replaced, but also all the high tensile cables supplying these city areas. Until we see a mass build out of electric grids, and more baseload power installed (not intermittent renewables like solar and wind) electric vehicles are a fantasy. There are so many other things to consider, but just the supply side equation for the charger stations makes this a far fetched fantasy. It could happen, but I doubt it. You'll have to see nuclear take up about 20-30% of baseload energy before it happens.
