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Re:What Will Happen to All the Dead Electric Car Batteries? by stickfigure on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:22AM (#26952661)
> Who is taking the batteries and putting them into grids?

Right now, hobbyists. There's high demand for used Leaf modules - so much so that they're getting fairly difficult to find these days. Golf cart conversions are popular and easy.

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Re:What Will Happen to All the Dead Electric Car Batteries? by azinman2 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @12:43PM (#26958341)
Which doesn’t sound like much of a plan once the entire worlds cars contain giant batteries.
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Re:What Will Happen to All the Dead Electric Car Batteries? by stickfigure on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:28PM (#26959612)
There isn't enough supply to support commercial versions yet. When there is, expect budget powerwalls. Used batteries would be perfect since home backup rarely sees full discharge.

This is a problem the market is perfectly capable of solving. Batteries are valuable.

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