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This will only push the problem by a few years. After that recycling is still necessary.
by foepys 6y ago
This will only push the problem by a few years. After that recycling is still necessary.
- theshrike79 6y agoBatteries will last a good decade in vehicle use, then another decade for grid storage. VW is already attempting to recycle 95% of their batteries: https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/stories/2019/02/lithium-to-lithium-manganese-to-manganese.html https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/stories/2019/02/lithium... We've got 20 years to improve our recycling process from that. I'm not majorly worried.
- Robotbeat 6y agoDoubling the useful life of the battery is more than marginally useful. Reuse is much better than recycling when you can do it.
- throwawayboise 6y agoGP is still right -- eventually the batteries will need to be recycled or disposed of in some way.
- epistasis 6y agoIt was the initial comment mentioning reuse that said recycling was necessary after reuse. So I'm not sure what that comment added to the discussion...
- adgjlsfhk1 6y agoThe problem with that argument is that with how long lithium ion batteries can be reused, there aren't any big lithium ion batteries at end of life, so it's too early to expect to see them being recycled yet. The first cars with these batteries are less than a decade old, so we're still probably a decade or 2 away from the point that there are enough big batteries reaching end of life that it's worth recycling them.