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Guy makes “dodgy e-bike” from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by gedaliyah to c/technology
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Disposable vapes are indefensible. Many, or maybe most, of them contain rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but manufacturers prefer to sell new ones.

To make a point about how wasteful this practice is—and to also make a pretty rad project and video—Chris Doel took 130 disposable vape batteries (the bigger "3,500 puff" types with model 20400 cells) found littered at a music festival and converted them into a 48-volt, 1,500-watt e-bike battery, one that powered an e-bike with almost no pedaling more than 20 miles. You can see the whole build and watch Doel zoom along trails on his YouTube video.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Go to a nightclub sometime. Discounted vapes in the outside areas are a tripping Hazard.

[–] EnderMB 7 points 3 months ago

Gigs and concerts are pretty grim for this now too.

[–] Passerby6497 5 points 3 months ago

Discarded vapes? The only immediate trip hazard of tripping on discounted vapes would be the mob of people trying to buy them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ain't no night clubs within 100 miles of me. Plenty of bars, but no night clubs.