Depends on your definition of not well off. I think the age of $1000 beaters is going to disappear. Just the raw metals in a completely dead EV battery are wor

Depends on your definition of not well off. I think the age of $1000 beaters is going to disappear. Just the raw metals in a completely dead EV battery are worth more if you recycle it. Even more if it's only "dead" for EV use, there's still dozens of kilowatts of usable capacity for other uses as-is.