{"id":477946,"date":"2022-07-25T16:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T16:11:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:11:55","slug":"heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"#Here\u2019s what needs to happen for full EV battery recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a340b0f6a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a340b0f6a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/#%E2%80%9CHeres_what_needs_to_happen_for_full_EV_battery_recycling%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Here\u2019s what needs to happen for full EV battery recycling&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/#Hi_there_EV_nerd\" >Hi there, EV nerd!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/#What_are_the_environmental_impacts\" >What are the environmental impacts?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/#Could_recycling_the_materials_provide_solutions_to_limit_these_risks_and_impacts\" >Could recycling the materials provide solutions to limit these risks and impacts?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/#Can_EV_batteries_have_a_second_life\" >Can EV batteries have a second life?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-what-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling\/#Setting_up_a_recycling_sector_that_can_adapt_alongside_evolving_technologies\" >Setting up a recycling sector that can adapt alongside evolving technologies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHeres_what_needs_to_happen_for_full_EV_battery_recycling%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Here\u2019s what needs to happen for full EV battery recycling&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            Between 2000 and 2018, the number of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) manufactured was multiplied by 80. In 2018,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avicenne.com\/reports_energy.php\">66% of them<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>were used in electric vehicles (EVs). The planned development of electric mobility will increase demand for batteries, with the International Energy Agency estimating that between 2019 and 2030, battery demand<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/global-ev-outlook-2020\">will grow 17-fold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This situation raises many questions related to the materials used to manufacture these batteries: what resources are involved? What are the environmental impacts of extracting them? Can they be recycled?<\/p>\n<p>When looking into the materials in the LIBs that are currently used in the vast majority of EVs, the first thing to know is that there are multiple kinds of battery <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. While all contain lithium, the other components vary: batteries in telephones or computers contain cobalt, whereas those for vehicles may contain cobalt with nickel or <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manga<\/a>nese, or none at all in the case of iron-phosphate technologies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper shift channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img class=\"js-lazy\" https:=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hi_there_EV_nerd\"><\/span>Hi there, EV nerd!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility stories<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The exact chemical composition of these storage components is difficult to identify, as it is a trade secret. Furthermore, improvements are regularly made to batteries to increase their performance, so their chemical composition evolves over time. In any case, the main materials involved in manufacturing LIBs are lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and graphite. These have all been identified as materials presenting<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S2352152X19307315\">supply and environmental risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The question of supply for these materials is a complex one: on the one hand, the value of reserves is subject to geopolitical considerations and evolutions in extraction techniques; on the other, needs for materials are very sensitive to hypothetical forecasts (number of EVs and battery size).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_environmental_impacts\"><\/span>What are the environmental impacts?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The question of the environmental impacts of battery manufacturing is perhaps even more important. Even if there are enough materials, the impacts of their use must be seriously considered.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389952 js-lazy\" alt=\"EV battery mining\" width=\"589\" height=\"389\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50.png 589w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50-280x185.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50-204x135.png 204w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50-409x270.png 409w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2022%2F07%2F25%2Fwhat-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: A woman separates rocks from cobalt near a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2015. Credit: Federico Scoppa\/AFP\" data-title=\"Share A woman separates rocks from cobalt near a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2015. Credit: Federico Scoppa\/AFP on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share A woman separates rocks from cobalt near a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2015. Credit: Federico Scoppa\/AFP on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>A woman separates rocks from cobalt near a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2015. Credit: Federico Scoppa\/AFP<\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389952\" https:=\"\" alt=\"EV battery mining\" width=\"589\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50.png 589w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50-280x185.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50-204x135.png 204w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-14.45.50-409x270.png 409w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Studies show that battery manufacturing can have<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/publications\/electric-vehicles-from-life-cycle\">serious impacts in terms of human toxicity or ecosystem pollution<\/a>. On top of this is the need to monitor\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dial.uclouvain.be\/pr\/boreal\/object\/boreal:213422\">labour conditions in certain countries<\/a>. Furthermore, analysing environmental impacts requires full knowledge of battery composition and manufacturing processes, but this information is<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ivl.se\/download\/18.14d7b12e16e3c5c36271070\/1574923989017\/C444.pdf\">difficult to obtain<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for obvious reasons related to industrial property.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Could_recycling_the_materials_provide_solutions_to_limit_these_risks_and_impacts\"><\/span>Could recycling the materials provide solutions to limit these risks and impacts?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-019-1682-5.pdf\">two main families of battery recycling processes<\/a>, used separately or in combination.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pyrometallurgy<\/strong>, which destroys the organic and plastic components by exposing them to high temperatures and leaves only the metal components (nickel, cobalt, copper, etc.). These are then separated by chemical processes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pydrometallurgy<\/strong>, which does not include the high-temperature stage. Instead, it separates the components only by different baths of solutions that are chemically adapted to the materials to be recovered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In both cases, the batteries must first be ground to a powder. The two processes currently operate on an industrial scale in recycling LIBs for telephones and laptops to recover the cobalt they contain. This material is so precious that recovering it ensures the economic profitability of the current LIB recycling sector.<\/p>\n<p>But as the LIB technologies used for EVs do not all contain cobalt, the question of the economic model for recycling them remains unresolved, and there is still no real industrial sector for recycling these batteries. The main reason is the lack of a sufficient volume of batteries to be processed: the widespread roll-out of EVs is relatively recent and their batteries are not yet at the end of their life.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the definition of this end of life is in itself subject to discussion. For example, \u201ctraction\u201d batteries (which allow EVs to run) are considered unfit for service when they have lost 20 or 30% of their capacity \u2013 which corresponds to an equivalent loss in the vehicle\u2019s autonomy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_EV_batteries_have_a_second_life\"><\/span>Can EV batteries have a second life?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is a debate around a potential \u201csecond life\u201d for these batteries, which would make it possible to extend their use and thereby reduce their environmental impacts. The first issues for this relate to the reconfiguration needed for batteries and their electric monitoring mechanism. Next, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications must be identified for these batteries with \u201creduced\u201d capacity. They could be used for energy storage connected to the electricity network, as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoco2.com\/blog\/la-seconde-vie-des-batteries\/\">many experiments have been run<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>in this area.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389955 js-lazy\" alt=\"EV battery recycling \" width=\"591\" height=\"376\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33.png 591w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33-280x178.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33-212x135.png 212w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33-424x270.png 424w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2022%2F07%2F25%2Fwhat-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Certain EV batteries could be reused in solar farms for example \u2013 an economic and environmental model that has been widely discussed. Here, the battery of an eMini. Credit: Underway in Ireland\/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA\" data-title=\"Share Certain EV batteries could be reused in solar farms for example \u2013 an economic and environmental model that has been widely discussed. Here, the battery of an eMini. Credit: Underway in Ireland\/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Certain EV batteries could be reused in solar farms for example \u2013 an economic and environmental model that has been widely discussed. Here, the battery of an eMini. Credit: Underway in Ireland\/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Certain EV batteries could be reused in solar farms for example \u2013 an economic and environmental model that has been widely discussed. Here, the battery of an eMini. Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/irisheyes\/4512083339\/\">Underway in Ireland\/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA<\/a><\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389955\" https:=\"\" alt=\"EV battery recycling \" width=\"591\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33.png 591w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33-280x178.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33-212x135.png 212w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.33-424x270.png 424w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>However, a major player such as RTE, the operator and manager of France\u2019s electricity transmission network, believes that<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rte-france.com\/actualites\/developpement-du-vehicule-electrique-et-systeme-electrique-une-faisabilite-sereine-et\">this application is ill-suited<\/a>, functionally and economically, and recommends recycling EV batteries at the end of their first life instead.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Setting_up_a_recycling_sector_that_can_adapt_alongside_evolving_technologies\"><\/span>Setting up a recycling sector that can adapt alongside evolving technologies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Establishing a recycling sector will also require an economic model capable of adapting to the range of battery technologies, without having to use a large number of different recycling processes.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, it must be noted that these environmental impact and recycling issues are not simple to tackle, as the technologies have not yet reached maturity and their long-term sustainability is not yet guaranteed. LIBs evolve very quickly \u2013 with lithium-metal battery technologies now being designed, for example \u2013 and we are even seeing the arrival of competing technologies without lithium, such as<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencesetavenir.fr\/fondamental\/materiaux\/mise-au-point-d-une-batterie-sodium-ion-aussi-performante-qu-une-batterie-lithium-ion_144853\">sodium-ion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For all these reasons, the environmental, economic and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> impacts of manufacturing and recycling EV batteries and their materials must continue to be studied. It is essential to keep applying grassroots and<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actu-environnement.com\/ae\/news\/batteries-materiaux-normes-fabrication-collecte-recyclage-europe-36682.php4\">legislative pressure<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>to obtain transparency around manufacturing processes, so that we can quantify their impacts and identify ways to limit them. Forthcoming European research programmes are also positioned in this area, including the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/france\/news\/20210126\/autorisation_aide_publique_projet_recherche_innovation_batteries_fr\">environmental dimension of new battery development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389956 js-lazy\" alt=\"EV battery \" width=\"596\" height=\"361\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" https:=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42.png 596w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42-280x170.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42-223x135.png 223w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42-446x270.png 446w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2022%2F07%2F25%2Fwhat-needs-to-happen-for-full-ev-battery-recycling%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The way to limit the use of electric batteries is to limit the size and power of motor vehicles. Credit:\u00a0 Filip Mroz\/Unsplash, CC BY\" data-title=\"Share The way to limit the use of electric batteries is to limit the size and power of motor vehicles. Credit:\u00a0 Filip Mroz\/Unsplash, CC BY on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The way to limit the use of electric batteries is to limit the size and power of motor vehicles. Credit:\u00a0 Filip Mroz\/Unsplash, CC BY on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The way to limit the use of electric batteries is to limit the size and power of motor vehicles. Credit:\u00a0 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/0hJL8lBl0qQ\">Filip Mroz\/Unsplash, CC BY<\/a><\/figcaption><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389956\" https:=\"\" alt=\"EV battery \" width=\"596\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42.png 596w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42-280x170.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42-223x135.png 223w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-25-at-15.00.42-446x270.png 446w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>However, we should not just sit around waiting for some miraculous, clean, high-performing and cheap battery technology, which is more like a pipe dream. It is important that we slow down the growth in EV battery size, and therefore limit the power, mass and autonomy of the vehicles themselves.<\/p>\n<p>This means we will need to rethink how we get around \u2013 leaving the car-based model \u2013 rather than seeking to replace one kind of technology (the combustion motor) with another (the electric motor).<\/p>\n<p><em>This article by<span> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/profiles\/serge-pelissier-569067\"><span class=\"fn author-name\" itemprop=\"name\">Serge Pelissier<\/span><\/a><\/span>, <span>Chercheur sur le stockage de l\u2019\u00e9nergie dans les transports,\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/institutions\/universite-gustave-eiffel-4841\">Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel<\/a>, is republished from<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/\">The Conversation<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>under a Creative Commons license. Read the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/can-electric-vehicle-batteries-be-recycled-187397\">original article<\/a>.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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