Once an EV battery is no longer optimal for use in a vehicle, it doesn’t become useless. Much like “disposable” vapes, the batteries are still very much useful. If not for repurposing, then for resource recovery.
Is there a long way, and a lot of funding needed, for reuse/recycling of Lithium batteries? Fuckin rights. This isn’t just an EV issue though. Our modern life is largely powered by Lithium batteries, and we need to step up our game, globally, with reuse and recycling.
No, because these cheap EVs from China are essentially cheap because of slave-like forced labour.
And Canada will still have to dispose of them at the end of their working lifespan.
One Canadian startup is working on resource recovery and recycling.
Another is repurposing EoL EV batteries for residential and business BESS, Battery Energy Storage Systems. This link is an interview, so info is there, but more of a long read.
Once an EV battery is no longer optimal for use in a vehicle, it doesn’t become useless. Much like “disposable” vapes, the batteries are still very much useful. If not for repurposing, then for resource recovery.
Is there a long way, and a lot of funding needed, for reuse/recycling of Lithium batteries? Fuckin rights. This isn’t just an EV issue though. Our modern life is largely powered by Lithium batteries, and we need to step up our game, globally, with reuse and recycling.