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The analysis assumes prices for these used battery packs are not governed by supply and demand. What happens to this analysis 5-10 years from now when the secon
by mitchellst 10y ago
The analysis assumes prices for these used battery packs are not governed by supply and demand. What happens to this analysis 5-10 years from now when the secondhand market for decade-used, 80% capacity batteries faces a supply glut, with relatively few potential buyers? As the comments here make clear, it's not altogether clear that such batteries are worth $15k now, as the paper claims. Let's say they are worth that much-- sounds like a great opportunity to build a business reconfiguring batteries for utility storage. But if you do that job well, then once your utility customers have satisfied their peak storage needs, your returning business drops to nothing, and the floor drops out on this battery market.