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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by jjallen on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:47AM (#33393232)
The world has plenty of lithium. Just takes a couple years of mining to catch up.

There’s also a limitless source in the ocean. If prices got high enough we could just filter ocean water.

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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by VBprogrammer on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:57AM (#33393305)
At what concentration though? At what price does lithium extraction from Sea water become economically viable? It feels to me that this is an entropy problem.
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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by bryanlarsen on Sunday October 30, 2022 @09:21AM (#33394281)
AFAICT, Lithium extraction from sea water is economical at current prices. What's preventing its mass adoption is the certainty the prices will stay at current levels.
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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by moffkalast on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:00AM (#33393318)
There's also sodium, which makes for almost as good batteries for much cheaper.
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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by kwhitefoot on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:08AM (#33393708)
Not for use in motor vehicles. Very good for infrastructure though.
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Re:Gigafactories are recycling old EV batteries into new ones by socialdemocrat on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:57AM (#33394089)
No, they are great for cars. For infrastructure iron batteries are much better. Iron batteries are not suitable for cars though.
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