There's Gold (And Lithium And Cobalt) In All Those EV Battery Packs

09 Dec 2023 | Abstracted from The Verge

In 2021, battery manufacturing in the United States totaled approximately 55 gigawatt-hours’ worth of cells...2030...production is expected to top 1,000GWh... Redwood has been getting the bulk of the buzz... [not] only player in this recycling space, each with a different approach on the same theme: refurbish and reuse where possible and dissect and recycle where necessary.

"Benchmark estimates, $24 billion in recycling investments will be required to meet 2030?s anticipated demand."

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