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'According to the US Department of Energy, less than 5 per cent of lithium-ion batteries — demand for which is set to boom as carmakers such as Mercedes lay out

'According to the US Department of Energy, less than 5 per cent of lithium-ion batteries — demand for which is set to boom as carmakers such as Mercedes lay out goals to go “all-electric” — are currently recycled.' https://www.ft.com/content/771498b8-9457-462f-aee0-e32db14eea49 https://www.ft.com/content/771498b8-9457-462f-aee0-e32db14ee... Unless battery reuse is made viable there is no path forward for any future mass market in EV's. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-World-Will-Run-Out-Of-EV-Batteries-By-2025.html https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-World-Will-Ru... Given that gasoline continues to easily provide the most bang for the buck/weight/volume IMO hybrids are the logical way forward until grids are recreated to cater to Small Nuclear Reactors and rewired to handle volume electrical delivery. https://youtu.be/Hatav_Rdnno https://youtu.be/Hatav_Rdnno

toomuchtodo 5y ago
https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/ https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/ (founded by JB Straubel [1], previously CTO of Tesla) Hybrids are the worst of both electric and combustion powertrains, their time has passed. Small nuclear reactors aren't ever going to happen (can't compete economically with solar/wind backed by batteries). [1] https://energy.stanford.edu/people/jb-straubel https://energy.stanford.edu/people/jb-straubel
- olivermarks 5y ago
  The FT article I linked is about redwoodmaterials massive infusion of backing. Solar/wind has serious shortcomings and are not at this point able to store energy 'in batteries' in any volume. Hawaii is making progress here
  - toomuchtodo 5y ago
    Don't have a FT subscription currently, my apologies for not reviewing it prior to commenting!