Re:What happens to used electric car batteries?
by cogman10 on Saturday November 06, 2021 @07:07AM
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At a minimum, batteries contain large amount of steel, nickel, and cobalt which can all be extracted through simple smelting (Boil the metals).
Why would you throw that away? Those are valuable and expensive resources.
The question is entirely around if you can go further and recycle more of the inners and if you can do this without smelting down the whole battery.
I'm completely convinced these batteries won't end up in landfills. I'm less convinced that we won't get there without burning a bunch of silicon and lithium.
Why would you throw that away? Those are valuable and expensive resources.
The question is entirely around if you can go further and recycle more of the inners and if you can do this without smelting down the whole battery.
I'm completely convinced these batteries won't end up in landfills. I'm less convinced that we won't get there without burning a bunch of silicon and lithium.