GCC:
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/1 ... cycle.htmlStudy finds recycling technologies for Li-ion batteries not keeping pace with rapid rise of EVs
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/1 ... cycle.htmlStudy finds recycling technologies for Li-ion batteries not keeping pace with rapid rise of EVs
LeftieBiker wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 3:14 pmIf you want a new topic to reduce topic clutter (?) then how about linking a few of the existing topics here?
BMW will give EV batteries new life with recycling program
Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:24 am
BMW gets it...
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/15/bmw ... g-program/
GCC: DOE launches its first Li-ion battery recycling R&D center: ReCell; driving toward closed-loop recycling
Sat Feb 16, 2019 4:35 pm
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/0 ... ecell.html
GCC: DOE announces 15 Phase 1 winners of Battery Recycling Prize
Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:37 pm
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/0 ... 6-doe.html
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/1 ... damas.htmlAdamas: globally, 12.2 kilograms of LCE deployed per EV but use varies widely by region
nlspace wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 4:50 pmi'm all about recycling stuff and not polluting, but this LCE (Lithium Carbonate Equivalents) sounds like BS science to me. There is not 25 lbs of a lithium salt carbonic acid powder with a pH of 11 fluffing around in our cars.
Make up stuff and lose credibility, then when it's something real nobody will listen. [The boy that cried wolf.]
https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1371/pdf/circ1371_508.pdfLithium Use in Batteries
It would take 1.4 to 3.0 kilograms of lithium
equivalent (7.5 to 16.0 kilograms of lithium carbonate) to
support a 40-mile trip in an electric vehicle before requiring
recharge. This could create a large demand for lithium.