As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly system.
  • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    It’s just a big opportunity that hasn’t been fully taken yet, because the batteries turn out to have a much longer lifespan than the naysayers predicted.

    I look forward to one day have a cheap-ish repurposed EV battery backing up the household or local retail (since I am rural and we get storms), or an array ensuring the local pumping station doesn’t need a generator.

    Used batteries will enhance resilience, so all societies need to invest in public support for recycling and repurposing infrastructure and regulations that enable small local facilities.

    • wizzor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      Newer vehicles will have the inverters too, so taking one apart will have the full infrastructure for a backup power source. Older batteries are already being used for this sort of purpose at least in the Nordics.