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We can recycle EV batteries up top 95% efficiency _today_. And very very few of those even get recycled, because there's a huge 3rd party aftermarket for "expi
by theshrike79 4y ago
We can recycle EV batteries up top 95% efficiency _today_.
And very very few of those even get recycled, because there's a huge 3rd party aftermarket for "expired" EV batteries.
There's also a whole industry of people who fix individual cells inside bigger batteries when the official instruction is to scrap it and get a new one for $$$$.
- wnkrshm 4y agoWhat are the byproducts of the recycling? We can recycle gold-alloys 100% but there are cyano-compounds in the river after that.
- theshrike79 4y agoThe tech is so new that most companies are pretty quiet on their actual methodology and what percentages they can recover. Competitive advantage and all. Reuse/refurbishing will still be the biggest use for EV batteries for the 2020's in my opinion.