No doubt batteries are getting better all the time. But they’re still hard to recycle, and and lithium mining isn’t exactly environmentally friendly itself. I’m still hoping for either a different electrolyte or some new design method that makes them easier to disassemble and recycle. I’ll be looking for a new car in probably 5 years, I really hope I’ll feel good about EV’s by then.
The Rise of Batteries in Six Charts and Not Too Many Numbers
Submitted 2 months ago by MrMakabar@slrpnk.net to energy@slrpnk.net
https://renewablerevolution.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-batteries-in-six-charts
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BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s damn impressive, I wasn’t aware of that. Thank you for sharing!
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The last I had heard was that it was a time consuming, very manual process. That the cells of the batteries had to be removed, opened, and unrolled all by hand. I don’t see in the article anywhere that mentions the ease of disassembly, or if any of it can be automated. The 95% recovery is great, for sure. I wonder how scalable the project is though if it isn’t automated.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Good. Let the CEOs and billionaires choke when their monocle falls out into their Hapsburg Jaw stupid mouths.