Another thing to think about from the high energy efficiency is how bad energy-wise current electric cars are, and of coruse this translates to resource use in battery materials as well when transporting the median nr of passengers.
But yes, a gas car is a worse thing still than a electric car, neither are sustainable. We need to cut car use rapidly to mitigate the climate disaster.
See eg here: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/11/e-bikes-are-radically-m...