But the guardian article mentions the points but comes to exactly the expected conclusion:

The data we have leaves little doubt that resource extraction will be significantly lower for electric cars compared with their petrol or diesel equivalents as recycling increases.

Just like replacing all cars.

I keep hearing this and the opposite

I never heard the opposite. Sources?

EV adoption can’t happen in a second. If more EVs are sold, countries can just expand grids and charging networks with it.