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Jul 30, 2019 | 03:48 PM

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laurent_zo6

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St. Jude Donor '15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22

China has bigger problems to deal with than converting all to electric vehicles. The air is so polluted some days you can't even see the sky.

Jul 30, 2019 | 05:13 PM

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Rob 02

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Chinese Traffic.

Current power grid.

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Originally Posted by laurent_zo6

China has bigger problems to deal with than converting all to electric vehicles. The air is so polluted some days you can't even see the sky.

I wonder what they will be burning to produce electricity. Oil?
What could possibly go wrong?

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Jul 31, 2019 | 12:01 PM

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t1fudd

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Originally Posted by Speedy007

My friends own electric cars they all say they are scared to death when is the next time the battery is gonna drop a deuce in the middle of traffic. What exactly happens to these batteries when disposed of? out of sight out of mind?

How many people throw tv remote aa batteries in the trash still and don't recycle them same thing is s gonna be with car powered batteries.Landfill . Build autobahns they help cut emissions by a lot. Studies have proved in Germany cars that spent less time getting to their destination also made less emissions. Leave the batteries for rc cars and tv remotes. Hence I got all these speeding tickets to save the environment no good deed goes unpunished lol

At present with the relatively small volume of EV batteries available, most used battery packs are repurposed for power walls or home solar storage. Nissan Leaf batteries are being repurposed to power streetlights in Japan (with Solar Panels to recharge) Battery packs can be rebuilt (individual cells tested, bad ones replaced) and sold as replacement parts. This alone has reduced the prices of batteries for Honda Hybrids from 8 to 9K a few years ago to 1 to 2K. As more EVs come into use "economy of scale" will kick in making the processes of recycling cheaper. Bad cells can be recycled, the Nickle, Lithium, Manganese and other elements recovered to reuse in manufacturing new cells. Right now, most of the battery packs replaced are the responsibility of the manufacturer to control. Battery packs replaced by dealers are not landfilled as it is against the law to do so. People do need to be more responsible with small device batteries, you are correct that more end up landfilled that needs to be. People have to care and make the choice to do the right thing. If you haven't driven an electric vehicle you ought to try it, you'll be surprised.

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