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By reading the title I was expecting a totally different kind of content.
I believe the ALF guidelines about safety are more relevant and apply in this case as well. I don't remember the exact phrasing they used but the essence was this:
Any direct action must be organised in such a way that no human or other animal is harmed in anyway, at any point
In this conversation about EV cars, it is especially important to think of safety, because their batteries have the nasty habit of exploding in uncharted yet ways. If I remember correctly ELF following the ALF guidelines in one of their actions before burning down a building, they moved a gas tank a few blocks away so that the firefighters that would come to extinguish the fire would not get hurt by a late explosion. That is safe, and nothing less is good enough, at least that's how I see things.