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They can be recycled once we have a large install base
by gnarbarian 4y ago
They can be recycled once we have a large install base
- washbrain 4y agoCan they? I've seen people make this claim, but I've not seen it actually substantiated. Who has successfully recycled one, what was their yield, what was the cost?
- gnarbarian 4y agohttps://www.tesla.com/support/sustainability-recycling https://www.tesla.com/support/sustainability-recycling already happening
- washbrain 4y agoCool! What are their yields? What are their costs?
- jjoonathan 4y agoThe techniques that separate lithium from ore are extreme overkill for separating lithium from dead batteries. Recycling lithium is like mining lithium on easy mode: better yield and cost. If an EV can justify the raw resource extraction within one car lifetime -- and it can, handily -- it justifies the recycling. We should expect recycling to be (average EV lifetime) behind on the scale curve, though, which will make it a prime source for anti-EV talking points until the market saturates in a decade or two. > washbrain Ha, nice try.
- joosters 4y agoi.e. they can't be recycled now. We judge companies on their actions now, not on what they might do, or might be possible in the future.
- gnarbarian 4y agoas I mentioned above it's already happening https://www.tesla.com/support/sustainability-recycling https://www.tesla.com/support/sustainability-recycling already happening