Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, report says

Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by audunw on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:04PM (#18621600)

Recycling batteries can supposedly already be profitable. Especially if you can get a large batch of the same cell type:

https://www.tesla.com/blog/teslas-closed-loop-battery-recycl...

> Working with Umicore has allowed us to completely recycle the Roadster battery packs profitably, without special financial incentives necessary to promote recycling

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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by gamblor956 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:30PM (#18622459)

Visited a local recycling facility. The costliest part is sorting+separating all the different materials. The costs for that alone literally dwarf every other stage of the recycling process, and it's not one that can be easily automated.

If you have a mass quantity of the same type of good, you can avoid most of these costs.

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