Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones
by epistasis on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:31AM
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Lithium is a very small input to batteries, by mass. I forget the exact number, but I think only a few percent by weight, and it's not a major part of the cost. There's also this breakdown:
I would expect battery prices to stall on their drop, or even rise a bit, in the next year or two, before dropping again massively in price. There has been a lot of supply chain disruption, and an absolutely massive increase in demand. But lots more production capacity is being built.
Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones
by popol12 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:34AM
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Small input by mass but already 50% of the battery cost, from your link
So if it does x15 in price, then battery goes x7.5 ? That’s still terrible for battery price
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/breaking-down-the-cost-of-a...
I would expect battery prices to stall on their drop, or even rise a bit, in the next year or two, before dropping again massively in price. There has been a lot of supply chain disruption, and an absolutely massive increase in demand. But lots more production capacity is being built.