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Scale issue. Example: My 15" 2017 laptop has a <80Wh battery. A Nissan Leaf has around 24000Wh battery (between 24k and 40k depending on model). A Nissan Leaf
by scarlac 9y ago
Scale issue.
Example: My 15" 2017 laptop has a <80Wh battery. A Nissan Leaf has around 24000Wh battery (between 24k and 40k depending on model).
A Nissan Leaf battery is on the smaller side of what many believe is required for a mass adoption EV, yet still around 300 times larger. A small Tesla Model 3 is around 50 kWh[1], over 600 times larger. A large one at 75 kWh[1], over 900 times.
Here's an interesting infographic on Lithium-based batteries:
https://electrek.co/2016/11/01/breakdown-raw-materials-tesla-batteries-possible-bottleneck/ https://electrek.co/2016/11/01/breakdown-raw-materials-tesla...
For old EV batteries it will be viable to reclaim metals, but regular consumer electronics waste is not enough to meet EV production.
[1] https://electrek.co/2017/08/08/tesla-model-3-battery-packs-50-kwh-75-kwh-elon-musk/ https://electrek.co/2017/08/08/tesla-model-3-battery-packs-5...
- amelius 9y ago> For old EV batteries it will be viable to reclaim metals, but regular consumer electronics waste is not enough to meet EV production. So it's a temporary problem that will go away once old EV batteries are coming in?
- scarlac 9y agoI wouldn't use those words (temporary problem) since I think we should be better at recycling batteries already, but yes - once the amount increases, so does economic incentive to build recovery facilities. Tesla has said they plan to do it.