Current Events > Today's Electric Car Batteries Will Be Tomorrow's E-Waste Crisis

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Thanks Tesla for making a future crisis a fashion statement today.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywajkw/todays-electric-car-batteries-will-be-tomorrows-e-waste-crisis-scientists-warn
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The article is more of an indictment of contemporary recycling than it is of electric cars.

pogo_rabid posted...

Thanks Tesla for making a future crisis a fashion statement today.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywajkw/todays-electric-car-batteries-will-be-tomorrows-e-waste-crisis-scientists-warn

Did you shitpost from your smartphone?

ocelot51 posted...

The article is more of an indictment of contemporary recycling than it is of electric cars.

this

we will have to figure a way to safely recycle them
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spudger posted...

ocelot51 posted...

The article is more of an indictment of contemporary recycling than it is of electric cars.

this

we will have to figure a way to safely recycle them

This. Sounds like a lucrative startup opportunity for someone.
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I'm legit surprised car companies producing hybrids and electric vehicles haven't thought up an efficient way of recycling these batteries right out of the gate.
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ocelot51 posted...

The article is more of an indictment of contemporary recycling than it is of electric cars.

Yeah, but nobody would post if I had that as the title.
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ocelot51 posted...

The article is more of an indictment of contemporary recycling than it is of electric cars.

Contemporary recycling methods that will be made far worse in the future by the sheer volume of batteries being produced for EVs. And since it is several times more economical to just mine new minerals for batteries instead of recycling, used batteries are likely to sit around in some warehouse until peak mining production has been reached and the cost to recycle batteries finally becomes competitive (or someone makes a breakthrough in recycling techniques).
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Dig a little deeper next time.

https://medium.com/tradr/teslas-approach-to-recycling-is-the-way-of-the-future-for-sustainable-production-5af99b62aa0e
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1122631_tesla-launches-battery-recycling-at-nevada-gigafactory

edit: I realize this is only Tesla recyclying, but if you think the rest of the worthless companies out there producing their cheap knock-off electric cars won't follow suit then you're crazy. They won't have much of a choice unless they want the negative publicity.