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That is good news all around. But we need to also realize when you have as many as 100,000 trucks, battery failures and battery replacements are nearly 1000 tim
by nashashmi 3y ago
That is good news all around. But we need to also realize when you have as many as 100,000 trucks, battery failures and battery replacements are nearly 1000 times a year. Those costs add up to the ghg. It might be definitely less than ICE
Cars but if your goal is to offset, then this is a cost to offset too.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoAdditional citation: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/battery-recycling-shatters-the-myth-of-ev-battery-waste https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/battery-r... | https://archive.today/dT7Rw https://archive.today/dT7Rw ("Battery Recycling Shatters the Myth of Electric-Vehicle Waste") (breakeven is 15k miles with Redwood's recycling)
- toomuchtodo 3y agoAny failed or end of life batteries will be feedstock for the recycling stream. To drive down lifecycle green house gas emissions, there should of course be focus on using clean energy through the process whenever possible. We are building an enormous energy storage manufacturing and deployment flywheel, improvement should be continuous as the Machine is built. https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/recycle-with-us/ https://www.redwoodmaterials.com/recycle-with-us/