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Re:No Magnets, Big Power: BMW’s Fifth-Generation Electric Mo... by ravenstine on Friday March 03, 2023 @09:31AM (#35010067)
Why couldn't plastic be recycled for this purpose? Engine components seems like a perfect application for recycled plastic, whereas it can be challenging when it comes to food grade packaging, etc.

There's nothing particularly environmentally friendly about vehicle production in general, so it kinda seems to me that this point is grasping at straws.

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Re:No Magnets, Big Power: BMW’s Fifth-Generation Electric Mo... by slackdog on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:52AM (#35011192)
> Engine components seems like a perfect application for recycled plastic,

I would expect the opposite, at least for any component which might get hot when the engine itself is hot, because thermoplastics soften when heated. Thermoset plastics don't soften, but as a general rule thermoset plastics aren't recyclable.

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Re:No Magnets, Big Power: BMW’s Fifth-Generation Electric Mo... by wwalexander on Saturday March 04, 2023 @02:25PM (#35023674)
The issue isn’t recycling the plastic, the issue is an entire vehicle going to the junkyard when the planned-obsolescence plastic engine parts inevitably fail.
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