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Bloomberg did a great QuickTake on electric car battery recycling: https://youtu.be/xtVE1I1SoRw https://youtu.be/xtVE1I1SoRw 1. Use them for energy storage 2.
by nelsonic 5y ago
Bloomberg did a great QuickTake on electric car battery recycling: https://youtu.be/xtVE1I1SoRw https://youtu.be/xtVE1I1SoRw
1. Use them for energy storage
2. Automated battery recycling
3. Use recovered materials to make new batteries
- apexalpha 5y agoNo1 seems to be a good solution, although it just postpones the recycling phase. If a Tesla Model S battery dips below 70% capacity, you can easily remove it from the car and reuse the individual battery packs in 2 or 3 home battery solutions. People don't need a super performant battery that holds 100kWh for their homes, 15kWh will probably do.
- goldenkey 5y agoIt's a huge fire hazard, isn't it? Would require a Class III extinguisher to put out IIRC.
- apexalpha 5y agoSeems manageable? I mean there's lots of people who already use home battery system by LG, Tesla or others.
- eyesee 5y agoThe batteries do not tend to spontaneously combust. In vehicles there is much greater danger of physical damage causing a fire, and even there the incidence rate is a fraction of ICE fires. In a proper housing in a commercial/residential installation the risk should be far less than, say, having a car in your garage.
- seventytwo 5y agoYes, it would be. So?