Don’t get me wrong. I know the vehicle itself will have way lower emissions and than a regular gas or diesel vehicle, but what I’m confused on is that they will have to mine to get the raw materials to make these batteries and then once the battery is done it’s lifespan they will need to find a way to dispose or recycle these batteries. Imagine doing that capacity when the whole world has transitioned to EV.
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– Batteries can be reused multiple times before recycling. When batteries get down to 80% capacity, we can use them, *for decades*, in non-mobile applications where the weight to power ratio does not matter, like storing power from a household solar array, windmill, or heat-exchange system.
– There is also a couple of batteries in development which will never lose capacity; one has been charged & discharged 100,000 times with no measurable loss in capacity.
– EVs use way less energy to manufacture, maintain, and repair: 100 moving parts vs 2000 in a gas-powered car. This is usually ignored, preferring to focus on the energy required to mine, which is silly.
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