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Battery tech is advancing so quickly that when you recycle a battery at end of life you can get greater than 100% of the original battery's capacity from the sa

Battery tech is advancing so quickly that when you recycle a battery at end of life you can get greater than 100% of the original battery's capacity from the same materials, more than offsetting losses due to the recycling process.

pinkmuffinere 2y ago
Wow that’s an interesting claim! I believe you, but do you have a link where I can read more?
- ZeroGravitas 2y ago
  https://rmi.org/insight/the-battery-mineral-loop https://rmi.org/insight/the-battery-mineral-loop I originally learned about it from the interview with a battery recycling expert mentioned here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebreich_as-i-have-been-pointing-out-for-a-bit-recycling-activity-7222351101847597056-BZR_ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mliebreich_as-i-have-been-poi...
benj111 2y ago
I know what youre /trying/ to say. But you seem to be conflating energy storage with energy usage.
- fooqux 2y ago
  How so? At no point did the person you replied to mention energy usage in any form.
  - benj111 2y ago
    "more than offsetting losses due to the recycling process" if you recycle a 50kwh battery into a 100kwh battery, you aren't going to offset any of the energy used in actually recycling that battery (unless we're assuming that theres another efficiency, lighter weight? that offsets the losses)
    - sokoloff 2y ago
      I read that as mass losses in recycling inefficiencies rather than energy used for the process.
      - benj111 2y ago
        Ah ok, that would (also) make sense. I read "greater than 100% of the original battery's capacity from the same materials" and put the emphasis on 'capacity'. English is hard.
revendell_elf 2y ago
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