The Hopeful Afterlife of Spent Electric Car Batteries

04 Dec 2022 | Abstracted from GazetteNet

"...batteries can last 10 to 15 years before needing to be replaced, not many have been retired from their vehicles, but that will soon change...[those batteries] have a lot of storage potential for less demanding applications.

"...recycling can help to drastically reduce the need to mine new raw materials.

"...federal DOE funding has been allocated to 10 different companies to develop new technologies and processes to reuse and recycle EV batteries."

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