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Re:Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined by hoseja on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:38AM (#28928253)
>with the battery cells helping to solidify the platform as one big unit

The individual cylinders are made from steel. The steel is used structurally. Perhaps next you'll tell me the "battery" is actually just the anode, cathode and electrolyte?

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Re:Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined by pedrocr on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:59AM (#28928402)
As far as I can tell so far no one has used the individual cell cylinders as load bearing components, only the battery box. Tesla's "structural battery" is aiming to do that and have the individual cell cylinders carry loads.
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Re:Study: Recycled Lithium Batteries as Good as Newly Mined by dotancohen on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:03AM (#28928830)
You're right! My brief skim of the article overlooked that very important detail.

Thank you.

> Perhaps next you'll tell me the "battery" is actually just the anode, cathode and electrolyte?

No, next I'll tell you that this isn't Reddit and you don't have to be a dick to "win an argument on the internet". On HN you can simply point out the facts, like you did above.

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